Senators have unanimously agreed to remove all confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President, Department of Education and all civilian agencies from the national budget for 2024, a senator has disclosed.
There were unconfirmed reports that nine senators wanted to restore the P650 million in confidential funds requested for 2024 by Vice President Sara Duterte for the OVP and DepEd.MANILA, Philippines — Senators have unanimously agreed to remove all confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President , Department of Education and all civilian agencies from the national budget for 2024, a senator has disclosed.
“We never voted on confidential and intelligence funds,” Sen. Jinggoy Estrada said during the Kapihan sa Manila Bay forum yesterday. Pimentel earlier appealed to the Senate leadership to ensure proper phasing of deliberations and eventual approval of next year’s budget target to give the minority bloc ample time to scrutinize the 2024 GAB.
Angara said the House of Representatives reduced the CIFs and the Senate adopted in the committee report the House’s recommendations. “ is a toolbox for development to fund our nation’s progress, turn our collective dreams into reality and our people’s hopes into happiness,” he said. “Why allots significant amounts for agriculture is to address the scarcity of affordable food and the poverty of those who grow and raise them because no nation can survive if it does not reward the sweat of its farmers who water and till their fields. Why it provides funds that will be spent on the generation of more quality jobs and support for local industries to become more globally competitive.
“The 2024 budget will also pursue initiatives that enhance the global competitiveness and attractiveness to investors of our economy, aiming in particular to resolve the challenges our industries face in terms of expensive electricity and inadequate infrastructure,” Angara said. She added that she wanted the special provision to expressly prohibit the use of contingent fund for CIFs, as was done by Duterte.
Petitioners have questioned the constitutionality of the OVP’s use of the contingent fund to fund a non-existent budget item, and asked the Supreme Court for the Vice President to revert the P125 million confidential funds to the treasury.In a related development, Ako Bicol party-list Rep.
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