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040			_aUniversity of Cebu- Banilad _cUniversity of Cebu- Banilad
100			_aAlabastro, Mark Vincent A.
245			_aAn inquiry into the legal sustainability of mainstreaming and institutionalizing people's right to participate in public finance / _cMark Vincent A. Alabastro.
260			_aCebu City : _bUniversity of Cebu, _c2018.
300			_aviii, 113 leaves : _billustrations ;
336			_2rdacontent _atext
337			_2rdamedia _aunmediated
338			_2rdacarrier _avolume
501			_aThesis (Degree in Juris Doctor)-- University of Cebu- Banilad, 2018.
504			_aIncludes references (leaves 105-109).
520			_aSummary: In 2012, the Bottom-up Budgeting (BUB) program was launched through a joint memorandum circular of national government agencies. Upon the change in the political landscape brought about by the 2016 presidential elections, the Duterte administration declared the scrapping of the Bottom-up Budgeting(BUB) program arguing that it was a mere political tool of the previous administration and a waste of public funds. It was replaced with the assistance to disadvantage municipalities (ADM) program. This study takes a closer look and put forward concrete legislative measures in sustaining and institutionalizing the mechanisms and spaces for ordinary citizens to exercise the right to participate in decision-making processes concerning the national and local budget. The research presents the various laws on public participation in government decision-making processes and the legal framework of the Philippine budgeting system. The paper gather laws, national joint memorandum circulars, jurisprudence, existing studies, government documents, newspaper reports, and key informant interviews pertaining the BUB program and ADM program. The data gathered were examined using content analysis and qualitative data analysis. The study looked into the integration of participatory mechanisms and structures in the budgeting system and the legal sustainability of these mechanisms to uphold peoples's participation in government budgeting processes. The existing laws were analyzed and concrete proposals were put forward to amend the Philippine budgeting system through legislative action. The results revealed that the Philippine Government failed to abide by the constitutional mandate of the people's right to participate in government budgeting system. The budget reform measures instituted to address this policy gap were not able to mainstream, sustain, and institutionalized the participatory mechanisms in the budgeting process. Hence, legislative action is required to address this problem.
541			_xBaldomero Estenzo _yLaw _zLaw
546			_aEnglish
942			_2ddc _cTHE
998			_ccrislyn[new] _d06/08/2019
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