Aside from passing the government’s budget before the end of the year, the House of Representatives will focus on passing before the end of the year four priority measures that were not enacted before the end of the last congressional session last month.
“With our firm commitment to approve the remaining priority measures agreed upon during the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council meetings, various House panels will continue working during committee deliberations of the proposed 2024 National Expenditure Program,” he said.
The executive department has proposed a national budget of P5.768 trillion for 2024, 9.5 percent higher than this year’s P5.268-trillion spending program.The Development Budget Coordination Committee said next year’s national budget “will continue to prioritize expenditure items that promote social and economic transformation through infrastructure development, food security, digital transformation and human capital development.
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