P6.352T nat'l budget lusot na sa Senado at Kamara; OVP budget, nanatili sa P733M

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Gugulong na bukas sa bicameral conference committee ang P6.352T proposed 2025 national budget matapos lumusot sa Senado at Kamara! Sa ngayon, tapyas pa rin ang pondo ng Office of the Vice President at ang kontrobersyal na AKAP o "Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita" Program, inilaan muna sa ibang sektor.

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00:00Tomorrow, the Bicameral Conference Committee will roll out the Php 6.3 Trillion Proposed 2025 National Budget

00:10after it passed the Senate and the House of Representatives.

00:13As of now, the Fund of the Office of the Vice President is still in place.

00:18And the controversial Acap or Ayuda sa Kapos Ang Kita Program

00:24was first introduced in another sector.

00:26It was led by Mau Gonzales.

00:31There was no discussion in the plenary on how to pass the 2025 National Budget in the Senate last night.

00:37In the caucus or private discussion, they just arranged the amendments that the Senators wanted.

00:42In the end, 18 Senators voted in favor of the Php 6.352 Trillion National Budget

00:48while Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel abstained.

00:52The budget of the Office of the Vice President remained at Php 733 Million

00:57after the Camera asked for Php 2 Billion from the OVP.

01:01But according to some Senators, there was a long discussion yesterday if this will be added.

01:06Senate Committee on Finance Chair Senator Grace Po explained that this is enough for the Office to run.

01:12There are also redundant programs from the OVP

01:15and no one is asking for additional funds so they did not increase it.

01:19But Po clarified that they are not closed to the possibility of changing the budget of the Bicameral Conference Committee.

01:26We know that when it comes to the Bicam, they already have a formal request and written letter

01:32that they want because they really need these programs.

01:37But we made sure that they have the ability to still do their mandate.

01:44One of the ones who pushed for the increase of the OVP budget is Senator Bato de la Rosa

01:49but he followed the will of the Senate Leader.

01:52We need mercy. Justification is not needed.

01:56We respect the leadership of the Senate.

01:59That's it.

02:01Let's not fight because we don't want our institution to be disturbed.

02:09Me, Joel Villanueva, Senator Mungo, Senator Villanueva, Senator Aimee, and many more.

02:19We try to make adjustments.

02:23In the Bicam, they will also talk about the controversial ACAP

02:26or Ayuda sa Kaposangkita program that is being pushed by congressmen.

02:30But in the version of the Senate, 39 billion pesos was removed for this

02:35because they still have a lot of questions about this.

02:38Who are the recipients of ACAP? What are the criterias for it?

02:44The proposal of Senator Aimee, Vice-Chair of Finance for DSWD,

02:48is enlarged to DSWD-IX, right?

02:53So okay, we can hear in the House why it can't be done and why it's not more effective.

03:00The fund for ACAP was put by the Senate in the pension of senior citizens,

03:04livelihood programs of farmers, child care assistants, and others.

03:10The Bicam will start soon, where the Senate and the House will discuss

03:13their version of the 2025 National Budget before it is signed by the President.

03:18For GMA Integrated News, Mav Gonzales, for Tutok, 24 Hours.

P6.352T nat'l budget lusot na sa Senado at Kamara; OVP budget, nanatili sa P733M | 24 Oras

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