2025 National Budget, tatalakayin kasama si DBM Functional Group Head of the Media Affairs and Community Relations Office Usec. Goddes Hope Libiran

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00:00For the 2025 National Budget, we will discuss with Undersecretary Goddess Hope Libiran,

00:06Functional Group Head of the Media Affairs and Community Relations Office of the Department of Budget and Management.

00:13Usec Libiran, good afternoon and happy new year.

00:18Good afternoon and happy new year to you as well, Sec. Bill, and to everyone who is watching your program.

00:25Usec, for the countrymen who are watching this, what are the government agencies that have the biggest budget for the coming year?

00:34And if possible, can you give some of these to us?

00:40Okay, there is a list that the DBM is preparing.

00:45These are the top 10 sectors and departments that can receive the highest budgetary allocation for 2025.

00:55So of course, the first one is our education sector, which is comprised of the Department of Education,

01:02State Universities and Colleges, CHET, TESDA, PMA, NBCP, PNPA, Philippine Science High School, among others.

01:13So they will receive around P1.55 or P0.55 trillion pesos.

01:21The second is the Department of Public Works and Highways, which will receive P1.007 trillion,

01:30followed by the Department of Health, which will receive P267.8 billion.

01:37Next is the Interior and Local Government, or DILG, which will receive P279.1 billion.

01:45Our Department of National Defense, P315.1 billion.

01:52Department of Social Welfare and Development, P217.5 billion.

01:57Department of Agriculture, they will receive P237.4 billion.

02:04Department of Transportation, P123.7 billion.

02:10And last but not least, our Judiciary, P64 billion.

02:14And our Department of Labor and Employment, which will receive P39.5 billion.

02:21Yusek, what are some of the priority programs that will go through and aim to increase the 2025 budget of President Marcos Jr.?

02:31Yes, of course, our education, aligned with our Philippine Development Plan,

02:40education, infrastructure, social services, of course, assistance for our needy countrymen,

02:54our countrymen in the health sector, our assistance in the agriculture sector.

03:04According to the President, there are line items that were vetoed in the 2025 budget.

03:09Can you tell us what those are and what is the reason why they were vetoed?

03:15Okay, so the President, he was granted by our Constitution with the power to veto

03:25whether general or line-by-line items in our national budget, right?

03:31His direct veto is the P26 billion worth of projects of the Department of Public Works and Highways.

03:44The same goes for the P168.24 billion worth of projects under unprogrammed appropriations.

03:54Those are the salient features of his veto message.

03:58Now, there are those who are asking how to choose the P26 billion worth of infrastructure projects of the DPWH.

04:09That went through a thorough investigation by the Department of Public Works and Highways.

04:16What happened was, when the Bicameral Conference Committee version of the General Appropriations Bill came out,

04:27the P288 billion worth of funds of the Department of Public Works and Highways

04:34compared to the proposed budget of the Executive, or what we call the National Expenditure Program,

04:41or the President's budget.

04:44So what the DPWH did was, they classified it.

04:48They looked at the P288 billion worth of projects under it.

04:56They looked at which projects are shovel-ready, implementation-ready, and can really help the country.

05:03However, there are projects there that they identified that are not yet implementation-ready.

05:11Even if the President did not veto it, it is not yet ready to be implemented.

05:17So it would be a waste to put the funds there.

05:20There are also projects that were found to be ambiguous.

05:23That means, there are projects that were identified in places that do not appear on the map.

05:30So of course, we did not include those.

05:33So the DPWH chose those projects that cannot be implemented.

05:39It would be a waste if we included those in the national budget.

05:45So those are the projects that we vetoed.

05:48Usec, I have a question for Ivan Mayrina of GMA7.

05:53Most of the vetoed items in the budget are flood control and water management

05:58for irrigation and food security projects.

06:00May we ask why they were vetoed and how will this impact our flood control projects?

06:05And how, in the President's words, are these not consistent with the administration's program priorities?

06:12Remember, most of the vetoed items are not included in the proposed President's budget.

06:22We call it the National Expenditure Program

06:24where the proposed infrastructure projects of the implementing agencies like DPWH or MMDA are listed.

06:33Now, those projects that are not included in the NEP were vetoed

06:40to see which are the implementation-ready, which are the unimplemented, and which are the ambiguous.

06:48So the projects that are not implementation-ready or ambiguous were removed.

06:54Remember, in the NEP, the projects are already included

07:02and the implementing agency itself says that this is what we need,

07:07this is what we can implement next year.

07:11So that's where we stick.

07:12As for the Congress introduced changes or adjustments or the inserted items in the budget,

07:25that's what the President and his team looked at,

07:30and they looked at which of the additional items were not ready for implementation.

07:40So those were removed.

07:42Sec, what are the items included in the conditional implementation

07:47and what will be its effect on the programs laid out for the next year?

07:53The most notable of the projects that were included under conditional implementation

08:05is our ACAP program under the DSWD.

08:11This is worth P26 billion.

08:17The President said that we are listening to the feedback of our fellow countrymen.

08:25Others say that the ACAP budget is being used for elections.

08:32Some politicians gave it to them.

08:35They have their banners and names.

08:37So that's why it was included in the conditional implementation

08:43so that guidelines can be implemented,

08:48so implementing rules and regulations of the concerned agencies

08:52like DOLE, NEDA, and DSWD before the money is released.

08:58So unlike before, it is no longer possible to give it to just one person.

09:04Now, it is being given to the concerned agencies

09:08so that the system can be adjusted

09:10so that it is no longer like before,

09:13that when you give, you need to have a banner,

09:16you need to have a political name.

09:18That is what we are trying to avoid for next year.

09:21We are trying to ensure that with the thorough guidelines being drafted by the agencies concerned,

09:30the system of ACAP can be adjusted.

09:32Usec, for our fellow countrymen to understand,

09:36can you explain what is the difference between a direct veto and a conditional implementation?

09:44Okay. A direct veto, in theory, means deletion or disapproval.

09:52So when you say veto, there are two types.

09:56There is a general veto and a line veto.

10:01When you say general veto, the entire budget bill will be disapproved by the President.

10:08If the President disapproves the entire budget bill,

10:12it will force the Executive Department to operate under a reenacted budget for 2025, which we cannot afford.

10:19The President is saying that there are a lot of implications of a reenacted budget

10:27because it will jeopardize our targets for our economic growth

10:33and then the implementation of major projects of the government,

10:39such as infrastructure and social projects, will be delayed.

10:43It will also affect the payment of salary increase to government employees,

10:49such as our public school teachers, our nurses and doctors in public hospitals,

10:55even those in the military, our soldiers.

10:58There will also be no budget for additional positions or promotions in the government.

11:04Because you will be using the same level of budget in 2024.

11:08And of course, the saddest thing is that there is no new project or program that can be started

11:15because the requirements of the new projects are different

11:20that are proposed by the government.

11:25So the President is saying that there are a lot of implications of a reenacted budget.

11:32that are proposed by the government agencies for 2025 compared to 2024.

11:39And of course, the national tax allotments of LGUs will also be affected

11:44because you will be using the same level that you allotted to them in 2024

11:49in 2025. So we cannot really afford that.

11:52That is the implication of the general veto.

11:55But if you say line by line veto, that is what the President did

11:59on a per project basis.

12:03So he can disapprove or delete a project or item

12:08just like what was done in the budget of DPWH.

12:12So the projects were deleted one by one, disapproved.

12:17That is what happened.

12:19In theory, as mentioned earlier, if you really say veto, it means deletion or disapproval.

12:24That budget, for example, the 26 billion that was disapproved or deleted

12:30from the DPWH budget, it's as if it never existed.

12:36So it's gone.

12:38It will really be deducted from our national budget.

12:43Usec, just one more question.

12:45Regarding the computerization program of DepEd,

12:51what can be done there or what will be done there?

12:54Is this the DepEd computerization program?

13:00Yes, Usec.

13:02In the version released by the Congress,

13:08the budget for the DepEd computerization program dropped by around 9.9 billion.

13:16Of course, we know that our President no longer has the power

13:21to restore budget cuts, to realign budget cuts

13:25once the Congress ratifies the General Appropriations Bill.

13:29Because the power to realign, add, reduce the budget as long as it's within the ceiling

13:36is granted by the Constitution to our Congress.

13:40That's why we say Congress has the power of the purse.

13:43So when the President was given the General Appropriations Bill

13:48which was ratified by Congress,

13:52the DepEd computerization program dropped by around 9 billion.

13:58However, when we looked at the data,

14:02the obligation rate of the DepEd computerization program as of December 11

14:11is around 85.14% or 7.5 billion out of 8.9 billion.

14:17So there's still 1.3 billion that is not yet obligated.

14:23When it comes to disbursement,

14:25only 15.54% of the funds are being disbursed by DepEd.

14:31So the DBM is saying that one option is to use up all the undisbursed funds

14:42to support this project.

14:43And if it's not enough,

14:45we have an allotment for 2025 Unprogrammed Appropriations.

14:51And if it's still not enough,

14:53we also have a contingent fund that we can tap

14:57as long as it's justified, urgent, and the project is needed.

15:02Thank you very much for your time.

15:04Happy New Year again, Undersecretary Goddess Hope Libiran,

15:08Functional Group Head of the Media Affairs and Community Relations Office

15:12of the DBM.

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