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His goal as finance chief is to raise as much government revenue as possible, Purisima said.
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?Klarong klaro po na ang gusto talaga ng Department of Finance ay ?yung mas mataas na amount. Kaya lang sa ating proseso, ang nag-de-determine po kung ano ang ma-a-approve ay yung legislators,? the Cabinet official said in an interview over GMA News TV?s ?News To Go.?
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He brushed aside Senator Ralph Recto?s claim of a ?Purisima-San Miguel? alliance. The senator was referring to San Miguel Corp., maker of San Miguel Beer.
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?Nakakatawa po lahat ng name calling na iyan. Sabi ko nga, unproductive po iyan? Kailangan po na mag-debate tayo. Kailangan po na linawin po ang ating mga points but there is still no need for name-calling,? Purisima said.
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Last Monday, Recto resigned the Senate ways and means committee chairmanship after being criticized and accused of conflict of interest for endorsing a sin tax measure that would yield at least P15 billion or a fourth of the P60 billion proposed by the Finance Department.?
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In a newspaper report, the senator also accused officials of ?giving in? to pressure from liquor companies, since the House version passed last June recommended P33 billion in additional revenues.
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Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab, House ways and means panel chairperson, belied Recto?s claim, saying the sin tax bill was transparently deliberated upon at the lower chamber.
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?All committee hearings were done in public and members of the ways and means committee as well as stakeholders were present during the deliberations.
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?No secret meetings were allowed and the bill was thoroughly debated both in the committee and in the plenary,? the congressman said in a separate text message.
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Recto might be using the lower chamber?s version of the measure as a ?subterfuge? to divert criticisms the senator has been receiving, said Bohol Rep. Erico Aumentado, an author of the sin tax bill at the House.
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?Let Senator Recto prove his allegation. His charge is nothing new? As one of the sin taxes? co-authors, I can say with candor that there was no such capitulation by the House,? he added. ? VS, GMA News
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