Inihahanda na ng Department of Budget and Management ang P5.768 trilyong panukalang budget para sa susunod na taon.
Sa Kapihan sa Manila Bay, sinabi ni Budget Sec. Amenah Pangandaman, nasa final stages na ngayon ang 2024 national budget para maisumite sa Kongreso pagkatapos ng ikalawang State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Pangulong Marcos Jr. sa Hulyo 24.
Iprinisinta na ni Pangandaman kay Pangulong Marcos Jr., ang panukalang budget kahapon, Hunyo 21 at ilalatag niya ito bukas, Hunyo 22 sa Cabinet meeting para sa final approval.
“After a couple of weeks of sleepless nights, we had marathon meetings on the budget because as you know, budget preps usually start in February – first quarter of the year when we release the budget call. And then after that, the agencies will submit their requests to us and then we hold a couple, a series of meetings with the departments and agencies for them to justify their budget proposals,” pahayag ni Pangandaman.
Dagdag niya: “So, natapos po lahat ‘yan last week – two weeks po ‘yan na walang tulugan kasama ang mga taga-DBM, and we’re happy that we are now in the final stages of the preparation. We had a meeting yesterday morning with the President, we showed the budget to him already, and the same will be presented to the cabinet tomorrow afternoon for their final approval.”
Umaasa si Pangandaman na agad na maaprubahan ang panukalang budget.
“Under the Constitution po, we should submit the national expenditures program one month after the SONA. On our calendar, we will submit our NEP to the Congress one week after the 24th (of July),” pahayag ni Pangandaman.
Mas mataass ng 9.5 porsiyento ang 2024 national budget kumpara sa 2023 national budget na nasa P5.268 trilyon.
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