00:00And my question is directed to Secretary Pangandaman.
00:07In your presentation, the budget for Mindanao and the Visayas,
00:14and I'd like to read from your report,
00:17that Mindanao, comprising six regions,
00:21will only receive the MISLI amount percentage of 15.4.
00:2815.4.
00:30I have here the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department,
00:33which shows that in the past,
00:36Mindanao was at least getting, in 2022, 16.6%.
00:42Before that, during the 14th or 15th Congress, we reached 17.
00:47Now we're down again to only a share of a percent of 15.4.
00:58Mindanao has a population of 26 million Mindanaonans,
01:04and that is exactly 22.3% of the December figure of the Philippine population of 116 million.
01:14And secondly, Mindanao contributes to our GDP at the tune of about 18 to 19%.
01:21So maybe we know why Mindanao is getting smaller in terms of the budget.
01:27So this is what we have now.
01:29Maybe we ask Secretary Pangandaman, who hails from Mindanao?
01:32Madam Chair, first, I would like to maybe note that in prior years,
01:44we don't have the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
01:48So some of the projects, po, that should be given to the five provinces, six provinces, po,
01:57is not included in the total national budget
02:02because we have provided a sum of money to the Bangsamoro region
02:10as provided for under the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
02:13Madam Chair, I'd like to correct the Secretary.
02:17In 2022, here are the figures.
02:20In 2022, BARM already received $2.7 billion, and we are $16.6 billion.
02:27In other words, this particular budget, even the previous years,
02:32already not BARM but the autonomous region for Muslim Mindanao.
02:36So, but the point is that, Madam Chair, this is a decreasing trend.
02:42And I'd like to read the report of our Secretary of our Department of Economy, Planning, and Development.
02:51It says here, their main finding is that economic growth remains mega Manila-centric,
03:00highlighting the need for greater, recommendation of Secretary Belisacan,
03:05for greater spatial diversification of our growth engines to enhance regional inclusion.
03:12But we are excluded.
03:14Another statement of the report of our good Secretary of the Economy is this.
03:20It says here, we should, for the future, we should maintain robust macroeconomic fundamentals
03:27and diversify growth diversity.
03:30And in this subsection of his report, it says,
03:33strengthen resilience by diversifying sectoral growth drivers
03:39and supporting regional growth engines.
03:42What happens to this recommendation of the Secretary?
03:45Because really, 15.4% and why?
03:49Here it is.
03:51The reason why we only have 15% and our poorer friends from the Visayas is only receiving 11.1%.
04:00Can you imagine that?
04:01The Visayas gets only 11.1%.
04:04We get 15.4%.
04:06And the reason for that is here in the report of the Arab Secretary.
04:10Because nationwide is 25%.
04:14That's all right.
04:15But then central office gets 10%, 10.2%.
04:19Why will the central office, you know, reserve 10%?
04:25This will be the pork barrel of the cabinet members.
04:31It should be pushed already to the regions and improve the regions,
04:35especially Mintanao and the Visayas.
04:37We are not going against Luzon.
04:39Luzon, Madam Chair, gets 24%.
04:42Mindanao gets 15%.
04:44Luzon, excluding NCR, NCR gets 13.3%.
04:47We will not complain about that.
04:49But we will ask that we improve the figures and the personalities of Mindanao
04:53by having the central office give that to the regions where the projects are needed.
05:09We will also ask that they move the rule to ensure that we are able to group the representatives of Mindanao is 3.5%,
05:12which means that the government could be Edom, noodsons, 6.9% of Private
05:12to Adam.
05:14It's all right.
05:14But it doesn't actually evolve into the timeless everything is that we have to address
05:16in order, otherwise the players will build the rules.
05:18Okay?
05:18We will think about those two times.
05:19Maybe it's time outside.
05:19I think there will be something interesting.
05:20It is about 22% of the language spend that range for this drive to car.
05:21We will think after these in the rooms there are 10.
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