The House Committee on Appropriations is recommending a P1.293-billion reduction to the proposed P2.037-billion budget next year of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) under Vice President Sara Duterte.
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00:00Yesterday, the Committee on Appropriations decided to recommend a reduced budget for
00:08the Office of the Vice President, and the reduction shall be split by the DSWD-AICS
00:15program and the DOH-MAEFIP program.
00:20So ipapaliwanag ko lang po na ang decision na ito ay isang committee decision, ang Committee
00:27on Appropriations has 139 members, and with respect to the budget cut of the OVP, ito
00:36po ay naging unanimous decision among the members.
00:40At lininawin ko rin po na hindi pa ito final approval ng Congress, ito po ay recommendation
00:48pa lang po ng Committee on Appropriations for the plenary.
00:52At kagabi naman po ay nag-second reading na rin po ang approved committee report na
01:01kung saan nakapaloob ang recommendation ng reduced budget for the OVP.
01:08So which means nakakalendar na po ang General Appropriations Bill as amended for plenary
01:16debates beginning September 16.
01:20And hopefully po, kung masusunod po namin ang schedule, hopefully, sana po wala masyadong
01:28mangyaring, masyadong eventful, ay matatapos po namin maaprubahan on third reading ang
01:35General Appropriations Bill by September 25.
01:40So yun po.
01:41At lininawin ko rin po na meron pang another round of amendments, at ito po will be sa
01:49plenary na po, doon na nga po on the week of September 16 to September 25.
01:58So ang nangyari po is while the Office of the Vice President, the DBM, proposed or recommended
02:08a budget of 2.037 billion for the OVP, kami naman po, ang Committee on Appropriations
02:16yesterday recommended, to be exact, P733,198 million pesos, which means meron cut of P1.293159
02:36billion pesos, at ang reduction na yan ay ililipat po sa dalawang ahensya, and as I
02:47had mentioned earlier, for two programs, the DSWDAX program, which is the Assistance for
02:56Individuals in Crisis Situations, and the DOH MAEFIP, or the Medical Assistance for
03:03Indigent and Financially Incapacitated Patients.
03:06In other words, dalawang very important social protection programs ng ating gobyerno.
03:14So ang specific items po na pinanggalingan nitong total cut of P1.293 billion pesos ay
03:28as follows, financial assistance, professional services, utility expenses, supplies and materials,
03:42as well as lease expenses.
03:46And ang dahilan po kung bakit ang items na ito ang naapektuhan, lahat po ay nanggaling
03:55po sa lahat po nang narinig po natin doon po sa dalawang hearings na naganap in the
04:02last weeks.
04:05So mamaya po kung meron kayong katanungan on the details, I can provide those to you.
04:11So siguro just one last note before I take in questions.
04:27So again, we have one more round of amendments, dilinawin ko, hindi pa ito final approval
04:34ng Congress.
04:35Meron pa tayong plenary debates.
04:38And pagkatapos po mapadala ang House version of GAB to the Senate, magkakaroon siyempre
04:47ng Senate deliberations.
04:49After ma-approve ang Senate version, meron pang bicameral meeting.
04:54After that, magkakaroon pa po ng ratification, meaning babalik pa po yan to both Congress
05:01and the Senate.
05:02And then after that, magkakaroon pa po ng President's approval, because as you know,
05:07the President can veto.
05:09And ang veto po is pwede po on a line-item basis.
05:14In other words po, ganun po kahaba ang proseso ng ating budget approval, budget process.
05:20At malinaw po na napakarami pong tao na involved dito po sa pag-aprubah ng budget.
05:29Hindi lang po dalawang tao.
05:30And of course, after the budget is approved, alam naman po natin, ang budget execution
05:37is solely by the Executive.