The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday said that the P1 million worth of confidential funds allocated for the agency under the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) would not be enough should there be an increase in human rights victims facing threats to their lives.
During the Senate Committee on Finance’s deliberations on the proposed P1.297 billion budget of the commission for next year, CHR chairperson Richard Palpal-Latoc noted that included in their wish list is the expansion and enhancement of their confidential funds to P4 million.
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