What unforeseen event is President Duterte preparing for by asking for a P2-billion confidential and intelligence fund, and P5.5-billion contingency fund for 2017?

Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman on Wednesday said the inordinate increase in the President’s budget was “alarming in the face of extrajudicial and shortcut procedures employed by the present administration in pursuing its announced priorities.”

The President is carrying out a costly war against illegal drugs and has promised rewards to police and civilians who nail down or provide information for the capture of drug lords.