Gatchalian: Senate working on tight schedule to pass 2026 budget

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Senate finance committee chairman Sherwin Gatchalian says, despite the tight schedule, the body aims to pass the proposed 2026 national budget on time, to prevent a re-enacted 2025 budget.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sherwin-gatchalian-senate-working-tight-schedule-pass-national-budget-2026/

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00:00Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sherwin Gatchalian says, despite the tight schedule,

00:05the body aims to pass the proposed 2026 national budget on time to prevent a re-enacted 2025 budget.

00:11He says the Senate aims to pass its version of the 6.792 trillion pesos spending plan

00:17on third and final reading by Tuesday, December 9.

00:20The bicameral conference committee meetings are expected to begin on December 11.

00:25Gatchalian says he hopes to have the BICAM report signed by December 16

00:29and have the 2026 budget signed into law by December 29.

00:33If President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. does not sign the 2026 budget into law by the end of December,

00:39the 2025 budget will automatically be re-enacted.

00:43Gatchalian also says the BICAM will live-stream its meetings and upload key documents,

00:47including the third reading budget copy and committee reports.

00:51This is to allow civil society and the public to track all changes to the spending plan.

00:59Gatchalian says the BICAM books for other two years.

01:03Gatchalian says there are others distraught in terms of the BICAM.

01:09Gatchalian says the BICAM gehört sealed design.

01:13They're M message of the BICAM and she's 8 escrito- behalf of David

01:161000 people who contam the letter by name and said itof.

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01:22If that's why it's not racist, we want to have a FICAM.

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