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Administration CatSU
President Dr. Patrick Alain T. Azanza in his official travel to Manila met with
Senator Francis โChizโ Escudero, the current Chair of Senate Committee on
Higher Education to discuss academic concerns including university budget.
Dr.
Azanza also had the chance to meet 9 members of the legislature during the
Committee hearings/meeting of the 19th Congress, including Sen. Mark Villar,
Sen. Bong Go, Sen. Grace Poe, Sen. Robin Padilla, Sen. Joel Villanueva, and
Sen. Bato Dela Rosa. He also met with Sen. Francis Tolentino and Senator Ramon
โBongโ Revilla whom the president requested additional classrooms and faculty
research center from.
Dr.
Azanza expressed his gratitude to Cong. Leo Rodriguez for his support to CatSU
and fellow Catandunganons, and for personally accompanying him to the offices
of Senator Francis Tolentino and Senator Bong Revilla.
In
the quest for working on CatSUโs budget to abate the decline in the annual
budget of CatSU, Dr. Azanza continues to work in lobbying for more budget
allocation for the university.
It
can be recalled that due to low absorptive capacity (the inability to spend the
money given by the National Government) and other related reasons, CatSUโs
capital outlay budget and the proposed budget for 2022 was placed in reduction.
Dr. Azanza worked to ensure that the succeeding annual budget will be approved
for the benefit of the whole university, thus the Php595.168M approved under
the General Appropriations Act (GAA) 2022, inclusive of the 35M Infra project
coming from Senator Sherwin Gatchalian.
For
Year 2023, Dr. Azanza hopes to have a bigger budget for CatSU. Thus, his
efforts to lobby for assistance from Congress and Senate. #CVecilles
