Several lawmakers ask the country’s economic managers if they were aware of the insertions made in the 2025 budget before it was signed by the President. They were referring to about P142.7 billion in last-minute changes to the 2025 budget.
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00:00Several lawmakers asked the country's economic managers if they were aware of the insertions made in the 2025 budget before it was signed by the President.
00:10This as the House of Representatives kicked off deliberations on the over 6.7 trillion peso 2026 budget proposal.
00:17At least three lawmakers raised this question during the House Committee on Appropriations briefing with the Development Budget Coordination Committee on Monday, August 18.
00:25They were referring to about 142.7 billion pesos in last-minute changes to the 2025 budget.
00:31These included splitting some projects into phases or moving some foreign-funded projects to the unprogrammed funds.
00:38Each time the question was asked, Department of Budget and Management Secretary, Amena Pangandaman, said they were not given a copy of the insertions before the 2025 budget bill was signed into law.
00:47Pangandaman and Finance Secretary Ralph Rector also reiterate, those types of amendments can only be done by Congress, and the executive branch only proposes and executes the budget.
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