Kamara, handa nang busisiin ang panukalang 2025 national budget
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00:00Congressmen laid out what hand chart programs they want to pour enough funds under the 2025 national budget.
00:10The leader of the Camera assured that they will double down on the allocation of the national funds so that they can pass this in September.
00:19That's what Mela Lesmora said.
00:22It's only been a few weeks since the Camera started discussing the national fund allocation for next year.
00:30According to House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:33education, health, agriculture, defense, social welfare, and infrastructure projects will be given priority in the sectors.
00:42He said that they will double down on the allocation of the national fund so that they can pass this before their session break in September.
00:50This is also what the House Committee on Appropriations Chair Elizalde Co. promised.
00:55She assured that transparency and accountability will be given to their discussion on the budget and the 2025 gap they will pass will truly meet the needs of the Filipinos.
01:06Appropriations Vice Chair Jeanette Garin also expected that there will be marathon hearings like the ones that passed the budget season.
01:15If it's possible, it's possible. Go. But the important thing is that it will not be delayed too much.
01:21Because too much delay will also delay all the processes.
01:25So that when the budget ends early, the pre-procurement processes will be early.
01:31When the next year opens, the services will be fast.
01:37As a former member of the Department of Health, she also wanted to give priority to particular programs to increase the rate of well-being in the country.
01:45Maintenance medications for diabetes and hypertension, that's very important.
01:50Continue the medical assistance program because the reduction of out-of-pocket expenditures will have a big impact on our people.
01:59In the case of Makabayan Black, they also allocated all the agencies and programs that they will focus on to provide sufficient funds.
02:07The main priority for us is the D.A.D.A.R. because this is the budget that will provide assistance to our farmers and provide land to our farmers.
02:19So the D.A.D.A.R., and of course the DepEd, the D.O.H., the housing. So those are our priorities that the budget will look at.
02:31We will monitor the higher budget for military, especially in relation to the WPS issue, and the U.S. bases.
02:39We will monitor that because what is available there is our sovereignty.
02:44In any election, the lawmakers always discuss what is best for our countrymen.
02:53Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.