00:00Binigyan din ng Office of the Solicitor General sa Korte Suprema na hindi otomatikong magagastos ang pondo sa ilalim ng
00:07Unprogrammed Appropriations dahil mayroon itong legal at fiscal safeguards.
00:13Matatandaang ang investigasyon ng SC ay tungkol sa kaso ng Umanoy Anumalia sa Pondo ng General Appropriations Act.
00:20Si RR to Vice sa detalye.
00:25Pinangatawa na ng Office of the Solicitor General sa Korte Suprema na hindi blank check ang Unprogrammed Appropriations ng pamahalaan.
00:33Sa pagpapatuloy ng oral arguments kaugnay ng pagkwestiyon sa Pondo ng General Appropriations Act,
00:39iginiit ni Solicitor General Darlene Berberabe na may mga legal at fiscal safeguards bago magamit ang Unprogrammed Funds.
00:46It is the position of the Republic that the Unprogrammed Appropriations is not deficit-inducing,
00:55and that generally it is deficit-neutral.
00:59And why is this the case?
01:02This is the case because the Unprogrammed Appropriations will just be implemented
01:09if there is a certification as to the excess of any non-tax revenue or any new revenue.
01:22Ayon sa OSG, hindi automatic na magagastos ang pondo sa ilalim ng Unprogrammed Appropriations
01:27dahil kailangan muna ng certification mula sa Bureau of Treasury,
01:31pagkakaroon ng excess revenues,
01:33at pagdaan sa mas mahigpit na proseso gaya ng pag-i-issue ng Special Allotment Release Order o SARO.
01:39Pero sa interpellation, ilang maestrado ang humirit ng mas malinaw na paliwanag
01:43kung ano ang bataya ng paglipat ng ilang proyekte mula papuntang Unprogrammed Appropriations.
01:49Pero punto ni Justice Amy Lazaro Javier,
01:52It is your position that the invocation of wisdom standing alone is not a magic wand
02:02that compels the court to desist from reviewing a case where constitutional issues are involved.
02:15Sa kabila nito, nanindigan ng OSG na ang pagbuo ng budget ay nasa kapangyarihan ng Kongreso
02:21habang ang planning at execution nito ay nasa executive.
02:24It provided some kind of flexibility to our executive department.
02:32And the reason why I add that is since budget is,
02:41since the power of the purse has been lodged in the Congress,
02:48and the planning and the execution are lodged in the executive,
02:59the targets or objectives of how they can perform with limited fiscal space
03:11would be given a lot of deference as well because of their many years of doing their job
03:24of the planning, legislation, and the execution of the budget.
03:28Nilinaw rin ang DBM sa korte na ang UA ay hindi ba sa standby fund lamang.
03:32We clarify humbly that it would be the authority, the authorization of the legislature
03:38and the appropriation that is on standby.
03:42And the funds are merely earmarked.
03:45Sa June 9 at June 16, ang susunod na oral arguments ng Consolidated Gaak Cases
03:51are R2BSE para sa Pambansang TV sa Bagong Pilipinas.
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