00:00Senator Grace Poe, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
00:04is in support of the process of passing the 2025 National Budget.
00:11Despite the BICAM report shown by some lawmakers,
00:16where some pages are blank,
00:18Joseph Moro was able to point it out.
00:23As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee,
00:25Senator Grace Poe is in support of the process of passing the 2025 National Budget.
00:31Poe is in support of the fact that there is no miracle
00:34and there is no mistake in passing the 2025 National Budget.
00:38Despite the statements of some lawmakers,
00:40including Sen. Davao City 3rd District Rep. Isidro Ungab,
00:44Kabataan Party List Rep. Raul Manuel,
00:46and Sen. Aimee Marcos,
00:48who ratified the BICAM report,
00:51there are blank pages.
00:53But in terms of stages, from BICAM report,
00:56that is blank,
00:57and then the enrolled bill with figures,
01:01who did that?
01:02You know, in the enrolled bill,
01:05that is the most important thing in BICAM.
01:08There are no blank pages there,
01:09and all the totals have already been verified.
01:12And in fact, when it was enrolled,
01:15there were no blank pages.
01:16So, what Senator Cheese said yesterday was correct,
01:19which should really be a reference.
01:21In fact, also the president
01:22has seen that there are no blank pages
01:25in our enrolled bill.
01:27Marikina Rep. Stella Kimbo is the vice chairperson
01:30of the House Appropriations Committee
01:32of the 2025 Budget and acting chairman now.
01:36Earlier, we tried to ask her about the issue.
01:39Between the BICAM and then the enrolled,
01:40at what point did the figures come in?
01:42I don't know.
01:44I don't know.
01:46Why don't you answer?
01:47Why don't you answer?
01:48If it's just a procedural thing for Congress.
01:51I already answered.
01:52So what should we do?
01:53Let's just wait.
01:55Everything has already been explained.
01:56Huh?
01:57Everything has already been explained.
01:58The CSP has already been explained.
02:01But the issue is the BICAM.
02:03There are copies of the BICAM report
02:05obtained by GMA Integrated News
02:06from Unga Batmanuel.
02:08We also obtained some from the unnamed source
02:10in the Senate.
02:11Although there are differences in the number
02:13and the position of the signatures,
02:14the blank pages are the same.
02:17The BICAM report was ratified by Congress
02:20to be the basis of the enrolled bill
02:22and to be signed by the President
02:23as the General Appropriations Act
02:25or 2025 National Budget.
02:27But if we compare it to a law
02:29in the General Appropriations Act,
02:30the blank pages in the BICAM report
02:32were filled with a total amount
02:34that will not decrease to P138.36 billion pesos.
02:38The largest budget for the National
02:40Irrigation Authority or NIA
02:41is the Agriculture and Fisheries
02:43Modernization Program.
02:45These are blank pages in the BICAM report,
02:46but it was filled with P56.4 billion pesos.
02:50The Kumikos of Mambabatas said
02:52that the blank pages were filled
02:53in the enrolled bill
02:54after they ratified the BICAM report.
02:57So they asked who did this.
02:59From BICAM, who drafted it?
03:01Senate or Congress for the enrolled bill?
03:04Both. There's a technical working group
03:06that actually consolidates both the reports
03:11of the House and the Senate.
03:13When we have completed the BICAM report
03:16and we submitted it as an enrolled bill,
03:18it was complete.
03:19Thank you. It's complete.
03:21Yesterday, Senate President Jesus Codero
03:23said that there is a provision
03:24in the Bicamal Conference Committee report
03:26that if there is a difference
03:27between the BICAM report and the enrolled bill,
03:29the enrolled bill will be the next.
03:31Several groups are now preparing
03:33to question the Supreme Court
03:34on the legality of the 2025 national budget.
03:37For GMA Integrated News,
03:39Joseph Morong,
03:40for Tutok 24 Horas.
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