If needed, Malacañang said President Benigno III will certify as urgent the measure seeking a supplemental budget.
“Kung kinakailangan po ‘yun ay gagawin po ‘yun,” Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) head Herminio Coloma Jr. said during a press conference on Thursday.
On Thursday, Coloma said the executive branch is working with Congress and that they are “willing to do what is needed to get the job done.”
“Kailangan lang malaman iyong magiging daloy ng prosesong ito sa magkabilang Kamara. We do not want also to preempt dahil po kinikilala natin iyong independence ng Kongreso,” he said.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said the number of fatalities stood at 4,011, with 18,557 injured and 1,602 still missing. —KG, GMA News
