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Preparing for DOJ 2022 budget defense: Finance Committee chairperson Sen. Sonny Angara (sitting, left), during Wednesday’s hybrid plenary session, November 17, 2021, prepares for his defense of the proposed 2022 budget of the Department of Justice and its attached agencies amounting to P25.39 billion. Angara confers with DOJ Sec. Menardo Guevarra (standing, center) before the start of the session as acting Majority Leader Francis “Tol” Tolentino (standing, left) looks on. The Senate version of the 2022 DOJ budget is higher by almost P900 million than the proposed budget under the National Expenditure Program and the House of Representatives’ version amounting to P24.8 billion. (Joseph Vidal/Senate PRIB)