MANILA, Philippines – IMUMUNGKAHI ng administrasyong Marcos ang P7.2-trillion national budget para sa 2027, may katumbas ito na 21.7% ng gross domestic product (GDP) ng bansa.
Ang panukalang 2027 budget ay mas mataas ng 6% o P407 billion kaysa sa P6.793 trillion national budget para 2026, base sa National Budget Memorandum (NBM) 158 na ipinalabas na Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Ang budget memorandum, nilagdaan ni DBM Acting Secretary Kim Robert de Leon, naka-post sa official website ng departamento.
“The proposed budget for next year will focus on programs, activities and projects (PAPs) that seek to create better opportunities and address the needs of the Filipino people, helping ensure a more resilient and secure future for all,” ang mababasa sa memorandum.
Winika pa ni De Leon na ang budget proposals ng departamento ay dumaan sa masusing pagrerebisa na mayroong “overarching goal of providing more funds for productive and key development expenditures.”
Aniya, “agency absorptive capacity and implementation-readiness would be taken into consideration, when appropriating funds for new and expanded PAP proposals.”
Ang hakbang ayon kay De Leon ay naglalayon na tiyakin na “every budgeted peso translates to meaningful and tangible accomplishments.”
“In crafting the proposed FY (fiscal year) 2027 budget, the government is confronted with a very narrow fiscal space, further constrained by funding pressures from automatically appropriated items, such as the National Tax Allotment shares of LGUs (local government units) and interest payments, as well as the requirements of newly-enacted laws and recurrent mandatory expenditures,” ang mababasa sa memorandum.
“As such, all proposed PAPs should have undergone the necessary review and approval by relevant oversight agencies or committees within the prescribed budget preparation timelines to be considered for funding in the proposed FY 2027 Budget,” ayon pa rin sa memorandum.
Binigyang diin ni De Leon na ang pre-construction activities, government counterpart funds para sa foreign-assisted projects, at natitirang funding requirements na kakailanganin para mapabilis ang pagtatapos ng nagpapatuloy na flagship projects ay ipa-prayoridad.
“This will facilitate the timely implementation of infrastructure projects and maximize their economic multiplier effects,” ayon kay De Leon.
Ang NBM 158 ay ipinalabas base sa macroeconomic assumptions at fiscal aggregates na nakapaloob sa Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC) Ad Referendum Approval na may petsang Hunyo 16. KRIS JOSE
