Senate building sustained damage after fire broke out at the Legislative Technical Affairs Bureau

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00:00A disrupted session and a ticking deadline now put lawmakers under pressure to keep the budget process moving.

00:07With clean-up still underway and delays mounting, senators say the work must continue wherever they have to convene to prevent further setbacks.

00:16Our Luisa Irispe reports.

00:19The Senate building sustained damage after a fire broke out at the Legislative Technical Affairs Bureau yesterday.

00:26Aside from the third floor, the elevators were broken.

00:30Leaks can also be seen everywhere, especially on the second floor and the session hall, which was severely damaged.

00:37But today, employees work together to restore the office to its previous condition as much as they can.

00:45Senate President Vicente Salto III inspected the building himself to ensure that within 24 hours, the building will be back in order.

00:52Well, we're in the course of inspecting paano.

00:59But right now, as we speak, the Arson investigators are further investigating some of the areas in the third floor.

01:08The main focus is the damage in the session hall, which led to the suspension of today's supposed plenary

01:38But Senate President Soto is determined that tomorrow, they will start the session or else the budget process will be delayed.

01:46It was delayed. Delayed na kami na isang araw because of the Friday additional period of interpellation.

01:55Tapos delayed ngayon, dapat mayroon ang period of aminmes.

02:02So na-a-delay yan. So hindi na pwede mo dili bukas.

02:04Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, Chair of the Committee on Finance, also shared the same sentiments on the budgetary process.

02:11But he also fears the possibility of a mere re-enactment of the 2025 budget.

02:17Mayroon rin akong fear. Kasi nga, if you look at the timeline, ang ratification, December 17.

02:23So ibig sabihin, mag-o-overtime sila para ma-enroll yung copy.

02:29If you look at the signing in Malacanang, December 29.

02:36So that's two days before the New Year's.

02:41So medyo tight siya. Medyo tight.

02:43So everyone should really work overtime.

02:48Actually, even kahapon, nagtrabaho kami para matapos yun.

02:51And then today, magtatrabaho rin kami para matapos.

02:54But Senate President Soto said this should not happen, as last year's GAA is clearly the most corrupt budget.

03:01Nadelay tayo.

03:02Oo, kaya nga.

03:03Kaya nga, kaya nga.

03:04Kaya nga, kaya nga, madelay.

03:05Sapatkat ng, ang i-re-re-enact, i-re-re-enact nating budget.

03:09So the most corrupt budget ever.

03:12Hindi natin papayagin yan.

03:14Tomorrow is the expected period of amendments.

03:17And December 3 is expected to be the second reading.

03:20December 9 is the target for the third reading.

03:22And there will be three days for the bicameral confidence.

03:25Their target is that on December 29, the President will be able to sign the budget.

03:30Luisa Erispe from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.

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