MANILA, Philippines – MASUSING nirerepaso ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ang panukalang 2025 General Appropriations Bill upang matiyak na umaayon ito sa Saligang Batas.
“The President and the Cabinet are RIGHT NOW (with or without the calls) thoroughly reviewing the various items of the GAA [General Appropriations Act] to make them conform to the Constitution, and to see to it that the budget prioritizes the main legacy thrusts of the Administration,” ang sinabi ni Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin sa viber message sa mga mamamahayag.
“The President has been most prudent in programming and spending of our limited fiscal resources,” ang winika pa ni Bersamin.
Inaasahan naman na titintahan ni Pangulong Marcos ang P6.352-trillion panukalang national budget para sa susunod na taon sa darating na Disyembre 30, 2024.
“Signing on 30 December 2024 after the Rizal Day program in Manila,” ang nauna namang sinabi ni Presidential Communications Office acting Secretary Cesar Chavez.
Matatandaang, una nang itinakda ang paglagda sa panukalang 2025 General Appropriations Bill noong Disyembre 20, subalit naunsiyami ito para “to allow more time for a rigorous and exhaustive review.”
Nauna nang sinabi ni Bersamin na “certain items and provisions of the national budget bill will be vetoed in the interest of public welfare, to conform with the fiscal program, and in compliance with laws.”
“Fiscal years 2001, 2004, and 2006 all had reenacted budgets,” ang sinabi naman ng Department of Budget and Management.
“There were also partial reenacted budgets in fiscal years 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2009,” ayon pa rin sa departamento. Kris Jose
