Comelec, humarap sa Senado para sa pagbusisi ng kanilang 2024 proposed budget
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00:00 Comelec is talking to senators who helped them to get back the money they spent on them for the next year.
00:07 Comelec said that this will affect their preparations for the 2025 elections.
00:13 Daniel Manalas was at the center of the news. Daniel.
00:16 The commission on elections for the Senate subcommittee on finance for their budget for 2024.
00:25 According to Paul Badi, these senators are the ones who helped the lawmakers to get back the money they spent on them.
00:33 More than P27 billion is under the National Expenditure Program for the budget of Comelec.
00:40 But the original request from the Department of Budget and Management is P44 billion.
00:47 It appears that the difference is P17 billion.
00:50 According to Comelec Chairman George Garcia, they lost a lot because a large part of this fund is for the preparation of the 2025 national and local elections.
01:02 Comelec is talking about getting back the P5.7 billion because it could affect their preparations.
01:11 Because of that, again, we honestly believe that if they will not be restoring the P5.7 billion,
01:22 we will find it hard to prepare for the national and local election of 2025.
01:30 Of course, the budget we are proposing before the president and Congress does not contain yet the budget for 2025,
01:40 which will include definitely the honoraria for our electoral board members.
01:45 At this point, the senators are still discussing the budget of Comelec and it is possible that Comelec will get back the money if the senators want to ask for it in the next days.
02:00 Thank you very much Daniel Manalastas.