[For his part,] Romulo Makalintal called for the abolition of Congress. “Without Congress, we would save billions of pesos that we can use for more urgent needs,†he said.
We spend P35 billion a year to maintain Congress. For that amount, what do we get in return? Almost nothing.
Last year, Congress passed only one insignificant law: the one-page postponement of the Kabataang Barangay elections. And the people spent P35 billion for that, to postpone one insignificant electoral exercise! It wasn’t much better in previous years, either.
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