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THE QUEZON CITY COUNCIL’S LONE RANGER!

A LONE RANGER! YES HE IS A LONE RANGER! THIS IS WHAT I DESCRIBE COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA OF QUEZON CITY’S 2 ND DISTRICT IN HIS FEARLESS STAND TO DEFEND THE CITY’S 2018 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN FIVE BILLION PESOS. BY DEFINITION A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET IS AN ACT APPROPRIATING FUNDS IN ADDITION TO ALREADY ENACTED IN AN ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ACT. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION PROVIDES ADDITIONAL BUDGET AUTHORITY USUALLY IN CASES WHERE THE NEEDS FOR FUNDS IS TOO URGENT TO BE POSTPONED UNTIL ENACTMENT OF THE REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILL. BY THE WAY, THE ANNUAL APPROVED BUDGET OF THE QUEZON CITY GOVERNMENT FOR 2018 IS 19-BILLION PESOS.                                                       ON THIS NOTE, COUNCILOR LUDOVICA QUESTIONED THE TIMING OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AND IF THERE IS AN URGENCY TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BUDGET AUTHORITY TO THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH BY PASSING A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION. AS COUNCILOR RANULFO LUDOVICA GO THROUGH THE DOCUME