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Quimbo confirms an empty place in the Bicam budget report, but claims that the identified financing

Quimbo confirms an empty place in the Bicam budget report, but claims that the identified financing

The Commission of the Chamber of Representatives for funds acting as chairman Stella Quimbo on Monday confirmed that in a two -lane report on the national budget of 6.325 trillion with 2025, but quickly added that the funds for these items were identified before signing this report .

According to Jonathan Andala’s report, Quimbo was asked if he admits that in a bikamer conference report on the budget signed by legislators are empty.

“Yes. Regardless of all typographic errors or any corrections needed as a result of corrections, he authorized Naman technical staff after English, both house and the Senate to make all these necessary corrections,” said Quimbo.

But despite having empty items, she said that financing each element in the budget has already been identified before members of the two -lane conference committee signed a report.

“Lahat ng nging corrections ng ating technical staff, lahat after ‘yan ay minister to Lang. Ibig Sabihin activation of caliunk on Lang PO. Discretion on Silang, Dahil Lahat after Ay decided on Bicam members at the time of signing, “she said.

(All corrections made by our technical staff were only ministerial. This means that only the calculator was carried out. They had no freedom of recognition, because Bicam members have already determined at the time of signing).

According to the Omnibus application in the Bicam report, the technical staff of the Commission for Funds and the Senate Committee for Finance is “authorized to make amendments to typographic, grammatical and printed errors, as well as necessary corrections, such as performance indicators and section I section Number of general provisions and section. special amendments. ”

He added that in the event of a conflict between the report of the two -lane conference committee and the printed version of the act, he will win.

But asked if filling empty points of certain amounts is considered a typographic error, Quimbo replied: “There are some typographic errors. Dahil ‘Yung Iba Doon Ay Makikita Naman Eh (because some of them can be seen in the bill). ”

In addition, Quimbo said that there are no longer empty items in the draft bill, which was signed by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

“It is legal, it is fully enforceable, it is important. Dahil after ang ating wrote the bill, ibig Sabihin after ang general funds Bill on Nanggaling after SA Congress, Ay Kumpleto, Walang Blank. This is basically the reason why Ang Naging Basehan Ng Gaa Ay Kumpleo Din, “she said.

(This is legal, it is fully feasible, it is important. Because the recorded bill, the general measures that come from Congress are complete, there are no empty.

In a separate statement, Quimbo said that all criticism of the national budget is an ordinary politician.

“Any suggestion of improperness is unjustified and seems to be politically motivated, and not caused by truly substantive fears. It is unfortunate that the administrative matter is maliciously interpreted poorly to cause controversy where there is no, “she said.

Integrated GMA messages contacted Malacanang and the Senate to get a comment.

Executive secretary Lucas Bersamin also said earlier that there are no empty elements in the draft bill that was signed by Marcos. He added that all budget questions should be directed to the congress. —Vince Angelo Ferreras/LDF, Integrated GMA news