00:00The budget of the Philippines is only held by two people.
00:04It is held by Congressman Zaldico and Congressman Martin Romualdez.
00:10That is the truth.
00:13My example here, this is a bit long, so please excuse me.
00:18My example here, let's go to DepEd first.
00:23In the Department of Education, in 2023,
00:305 billion was approved for classroom construction.
00:37I was surprised because there were members of the House who asked for the 5 billion,
00:47part of the 5 billion budget.
00:50I have no experience with that.
00:54And my understanding is that once the Office of the President approves it,
00:58it will be given to the Department of Education for the construction of classrooms.
01:07I was surprised.
01:08Someone asked,
01:10how much do we have there, how much do we have there?
01:14So I said,
01:16this is not possible because what will happen is that the Department of Education
01:25will not be able to construct classrooms according to the classroom backlog
01:30and the prioritization based on the backlog and classroom construction.
01:37So I told a congressman,
01:41Martin Romualdez,
01:43that the classroom construction of 5 billion cannot be cut.
01:48So if you will see,
01:50in the budget proposal approved by the Office of the President,
01:55that is 5 billion.
01:56But when the budget was approved in 2023,
02:02it became 15 billion.
02:05Because I did not agree to take the 5 billion,
02:11they added 10 billion to the classroom construction of the Department of Education.
02:20That 10 billion is not controlled by the Department of Education.
02:26It is controlled by Congressman Zaldico and Congressman Martin Romualdez.
02:33I do not need a corroborative witness here
02:38because you can see it in the paper.
02:40The people of the country can see it in the paper.
02:43NEP, 5 billion.
02:45The budget was approved.
02:4615 billion.
02:51So you will understand, right?
02:53Why would we have a budget hearing for the Office of the Vice President?
02:57Only two people are following the budget of our country.
03:02So I will just add that to the confirmation that they got,
03:11the budget of the DepEd.
03:13And that is one of the reasons why I resigned from the Department of Education.
03:20I will not allow that in the next year,
03:23they will still do that and I will be responsible for what they are doing.
03:28That is why I am saying,
03:31why should we question and answer here for you to attack me?
03:36Only two people are following the budget.
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