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.