Zaldy Co tells PBBM: Escudero pushed for ₱150-B insertion in 2025 budget

Former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Zaldy Co - in a letter to President Marcos that he recently shared to his Facebook followers - claimed that then-Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero aggressively pushed for the Senate's P150-billion insertion in the proposed 2025 national budget.

- By ELLSON QUISMORIO

"Tulad po ng aking nabanggit sa aking video, narito po ang ipinadala kong sulat kay Pangulong Bongbong Marcos nitong February 2025 (Like what I said in my video, here's the letter that I sent to President Marcos in February 2025)," Co, a former House Committee on Appropriations chairman, wrote in his post.

Whether it was his intention or not, Co's revelations in the seven-page letter gives a new dimension to the dispute on insertions between the House of Representatives and the Senate, even as the proposed 2026 national budget is being deliberated on.