00:00Meanwhile, due to various issues concerning the proposed national budget for the next year,
00:05House party leaders have agreed to recommend the return of the 2026 National Expenditure Program,
00:10or NEP, to the Department of Budget and Management, or DBM.
00:13Once approved, the House will formally suspend deliberations on the proposed budget
00:17and will only resume once DBM has corrected the questionable contents of the NEP
00:22and resubmitted it back to Congress.
00:25According to House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno,
00:27they are aware that there are real problems with the NEP,
00:30so rather than taking the blame themselves, it would be better for the DBM to fix it first.
00:35Other House leaders added that they are willing to continue working on the budget proposal
00:39even during the congressional break, so that they can still pass it on time.
00:45We have decided as a group to recommend the return of the 2026 National Budget to the DBM
00:57because we do not know how to deal with it.
01:03We have to practically redo the entire submission to us,
01:08and we do not want to be suspected of any untoward action.
01:15We do not want it to appear that we are not accepting the rightful recommendations of the DBM,
01:26and on the other hand, we do not want to be accused also of replacing or amending by IRATA
01:38a huge portion of the national expenditure program that they have submitted to us.
01:45We do not want it to be stated yet, we do not want it to be justified for the future to take it away.
01:48It is not possible in the future.
01:50We are not sure of the statements we have to gather the UK.
01:51We do not want it to be managed to find the US to the Air Force.
01:53We are not able to get to the EU, but not very clear.
01:54We should do not want it to be that it is to be the one that we need to choose the EU.
01:55So, if we do not want it to be that it does not mean anything.
01:57We are not able to refuse our employees to be able to continue due to the next leadership program that we do not have to do this,
01:59but we are not able to see any of this research programs.
02:00We do not know what we are not able to teach us.
02:02In fact, we don't know what's going on, but we are going to need to go out.
