Kamara, handa nang busisiin ang panukalang 2025 Nat’l Budget
Kamara, handa nang busisiin ang panukalang 2025 Nat’l Budget
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00:00The agencies and programs that want to give enough funds under the 2025 national budget
00:06are led by congressmen.
00:09If the Camera votes, they will double their contribution to the national fund
00:15so that it can be passed in September.
00:17Mel Alesmora has the details.
00:19Just a few weeks, the Camera will start discussing the national fund for the next year.
00:30According to House Speaker Martin Romualdez,
00:32education, health, agriculture, defense, social welfare, and infrastructure projects will be given priority.
00:42They will double their contribution to the national fund
00:46so that they can approve it before their session break in September.
00:50This is also what the House Committee on Appropriations Chair Elizaldi Co. promised.
00:54She assures that transparency and accountability will be given to their discussion on the budget
01:00and the 2025 gap that they will pass will be a true lesson for the needs of Filipinos.
01:06Appropriations Vice Chair Jeanette Garin also expects that there will be marathon hearings
01:11just like the ones that passed the budget season.
01:14If it's possible, it's possible.
01:17But 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,
01:29the pre-procurement processes will be early.
01:31When the next year opens, the services will be fast.
01:36As a former secretary of the Department of Health,
01:38she also has particular programs that she wants to give priority to
01:42so that the number of patients in the country can be increased.
01:45Maintenance medications for diabetes and hypertension, that's very important.
01:50Continue the medical assistance program
01:53because the reduction of out-of-pocket expenditures will have a big impact on our people.
01:59According to Makabayan Black,
02:01they also laid out the agencies and programs that they will focus on
02:05so that they can give enough funds.
02:07We will prioritize the DA-DAR
02:10because this is the budget that will provide assistance to our farmers
02:15and will provide land to our farmers.
02:19So the DA-DAR.
02:20And of course, the DepEd, the DOH, the housing.
02:26So those are our priorities that the budget will look at.
02:30We will monitor the higher budget for military,
02:33especially in relation to the WPS issue
02:36and the U.S. bases.
02:39We will monitor that because what's in the budget is what we have.
02:43In any election, the legislators always discuss
02:49what is best for our countrymen.
02:52Mela Las Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.