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Bersamin confident on Palace budget

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin expressed confidence that Malacañang can defend the proposed P27.28 billion budget for the Office of the President for 2026, of which P4.5 billion is allocated for confidential and intelligence funds. The House of Representatives tackled the budget on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.

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00:00We always go there. We have been very consistent in operating with either house of the Congress.
00:08We have been open. We have not held back.
00:11If they want us to change some things, we change. We do not have objections.
00:16But the main matter here is the NEP should be the guidance, not the target of the Congress.
00:27But we do not like to dictate on Congress on how it should act.
00:31That's the prerogative of Congress. It's an independent body.
00:35And we will respect. That's the message we have been giving all along since the start of this administration.
00:43Consistently, we have cooperated in the budget process.
00:57Transcription by ESO. Translation by —
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