# House People's Budget Review with Civil Society Organizations Part 2 - September 8, 2026

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXEPm6BTn9A

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**[00:00:07.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000001)  
And my thanks to our civil society partners, support staff, and all participants who continue to engage in this process.

**[00:00:16.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000002)  
This initiative began with House Resolution No. 94 and was operationalized through interim guidelines in 2025.

**[00:00:26.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000003)  
Today, it is sustained and strengthened by the reconstitution of the House Task Force on People's Participation.

**[00:00:39.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000004)  
We know from global experience that meaningful civil society participation in budgeting improves targeting of public expenditures,

**[00:00:52.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000005)  
strengthens accountability, and enhances surveillance.

**[00:00:56.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000006)  
Brazil's participatory budgeting showed how local involvement led to better health and sanitation outcomes,

**[00:01:09.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000007)  
while Kenya's experience demonstrated how citizens' monitoring improved transparency and value for money.

**[00:01:18.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000008)  
The Philippines has made important strides.

**[00:01:22.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000009)  
Yet, as the 2025 Open Budgeting,

**[00:01:26.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000010)  
survey reminds us, our participation score of 37, though in ASEAN, remains below the level considered adequate.

**[00:01:39.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000011)  
We must therefore expand opportunities for engagement, ensure inclusivity, and make participation more impactful across the budget cycle.

**[00:01:51.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000012)  
That is why I enjoin all CSOs here today,

**[00:01:56.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000013)  
to actively participate and remain vigilant throughout the budget process at all three levels.

**[00:02:04.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000014)  
First, agency level, shaping programs and allocations through budget partnership agreements.

**[00:02:15.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000015)  
Local level, which is the second, ensuring projects rise from barangay, demand-driven, plans through mandatory, bottom-up,

**[00:02:26.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000016)  
budgeting.

**[00:02:28.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000018)  
Third, audit level, monitoring how funds are spent and implemented through the citizens' participatory audit. Together, these three pillars from the foundation of a participatory budget system. With your vigilance, we can ensure that participation is not just a practice, but a right guaranteed by law under the proposed Philippine

**[00:02:54.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000019)  
Budgeting Code.

**[00:02:58.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000020)  
Hopefully, madiscuss din po natin ito mamaya.

**[00:03:01.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000021)  
And may this process continue to deepen the partnership between Congress and the people.

**[00:03:10.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000022)  
Together, we can work forward, work towards a national budget that is transparent, participatory, and truly responsive to the needs and aspiration of every

**[00:03:26.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000023)  
Filipino.

**[00:03:30.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000024)  
I would like to add na please bear with the process.

**[00:03:34.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000025)  
Alam po namin na marami pa pong hinahanap na reforms ang ating CSO.

**[00:03:39.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000026)  
But we're learning as we go along. Please understand that itong mga bagay na ito, itong mga reformang ito,

**[00:03:48.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000027)  
Kauna-unahang beses natin

**[00:03:50.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000028)  
ginawa last year at

**[00:03:53.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000029)  
pinagpapatuloy po natin

**[00:03:55.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000030)  
at mas lalo natin

**[00:03:57.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000031)  
pinalalalim

**[00:03:59.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000032)  
nang sa ganon maging

**[00:04:01.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000033)  
institutionalized especially

**[00:04:03.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000034)  
with the new legislation

**[00:04:05.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000035)  
that support this, that hopefully

**[00:04:07.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000036)  
I will explain later. Nang sa ganon

**[00:04:09.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000037)  
makita talaga natin ang isang

**[00:04:11.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000038)  
efficient, transparent, and accountable

**[00:04:13.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000039)  
budget process

**[00:04:15.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000040)  
that will return better lives

**[00:04:17.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000041)  
for our people and our country.

**[00:04:19.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000042)  
Again, on behalf of

**[00:04:21.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000043)  
Chair Mica [unclear],

**[00:04:23.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000044)  
ng ating mga Vice Chair

**[00:04:25.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000045)  
na nandito ngayon, may kanya-kanyang

**[00:04:27.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000046)  
portfolio, meaning kanya-kanyang

**[00:04:29.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000047)  
department na dinedefend,

**[00:04:31.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000048)  
that the concerns that you have

**[00:04:33.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000049)  
may be very, very

**[00:04:35.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000050)  
relevant. So they're here

**[00:04:37.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000051)  
to address that as well.

**[00:04:39.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000052)  
On behalf of the

**[00:04:41.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000053)  
Vice Chair and the whole

**[00:04:43.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000054)  
Committee on Appropriations,

**[00:04:45.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000055)  
welcome to this very noble

**[00:04:47.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000056)  
engagement and

**[00:04:49.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000057)  
I hope that this will be, again,

**[00:04:51.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000058)  
be very fruitful

**[00:04:53.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000059)  
nang sa ganon ay mag-contribute to a better budget for our people and country.

**[00:04:58.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000060)  
Maraming salamat at magandang umaga po sa inyong lahat.

**[00:05:03.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000061)  
Para lang makita nyo po na yung inyong mga adhikain,

**[00:05:08.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000062)  
yung inyong mga concerns, inyong mga tanong,

**[00:05:11.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000063)  
inyong mga clarification ay kung hindi man lahat na-address,

**[00:05:15.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000064)  
pero marami po doon na-address ng ating budget deliberation,

**[00:05:22.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000065)  
consideration, and decision-making.

**[00:05:24.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000066)  
So, first, if you remember, wala po ngayon,

**[00:05:28.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000067)  
kasama po natin si Congresswoman Lisa Massa,

**[00:05:32.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000068)  
Council for People's Development and Governance.

**[00:05:35.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000069)  
Ito po yung kanyang mga concerns.

**[00:05:39.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000070)  
So, ayan, mababasa nyo po yung mga concerns.

**[00:05:42.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000071)  
No concrete steps to lift people out of poverty.

**[00:05:45.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000072)  
Address inequality, not enough investment for agriculture.

**[00:05:49.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000073)  
So, sinummarize po natin.

**[00:05:51.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000074)  
Budget for national defense and security is higher than agriculture and other sectors.

**[00:05:57.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000075)  
Confidential funds of the OP should be scrutinized.

**[00:06:03.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000076)  
People's participation in the budget process is still limited.

**[00:06:06.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000077)  
And increase in the budget of the NTC, ELCAC, is not good.

**[00:06:13.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000078)  
Many CSOs are victims.

**[00:06:15.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000079)  
So, relevant agencies, DBM, DA, OP.

**[00:06:21.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000080)  
So, ito po yung naging response ng House on addressing poverty and inequality.

**[00:06:32.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000081)  
Although not direct, centered on poverty alleviation,

**[00:06:35.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000082)  
the Commission of Appropriations through the Budget Amendment Review Subcommittee,

**[00:06:40.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000083)  
or yung BARC, as you may be familiar with,

**[00:06:44.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000084)  
inamend po natin ito.

**[00:06:45.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000085)  
And that was live.

**[00:06:48.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000086)  
At gagawin din po natin yan this year.

**[00:06:51.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000087)  
So, inamend po ng BARC and prioritize the education, health, education,

**[00:06:56.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000088)  
to the tune of 56,637,276,000.

**[00:07:04.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000089)  
Dinagdag po sa education.

**[00:07:08.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000090)  
Sa health naman, dinagdagan ng 92,575,023,000.

**[00:07:14.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000091)  
At sa agriculture,

**[00:07:15.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000092)  
kung saan na chair po si Vice Chair Anayork,

**[00:07:20.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000093)  
dinagdagan po sa BARC and on record po ito ng 53,754,678,000.

**[00:07:30.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000094)  
So, on investment, on agriculture,

**[00:07:37.490] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000095)  
through the BARC introduced increases to the budget of the departments that I have mentioned,

**[00:07:43.510] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000096)  
including sa DAR,

**[00:07:45.170] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000097)  
at nag-alok.

**[00:07:47.990] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000098)  
Total of 53,000,000,000.

**[00:07:50.330] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000099)  
Tapos ito po'y for the most part ay nadala sa General Appropriations Act.

**[00:07:58.510] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000100)  
In fact, sa education, which we had the highest budget last year for education,

**[00:08:04.170] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000101)  
umabot po ng 1.345,000,000.

**[00:08:09.450] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000102)  
Pag pinagsama-sama po natin yung sa DepEd, Higher Education, TESDA, and other, yung sa mga SUCs.

**[00:08:17.990] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000103)  
And so on and so forth.

**[00:08:19.550] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000104)  
So, next siguro, para pakita lang natin aside from the first CSOs.

**[00:08:28.270] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000105)  
Next is si Dr. Kiko Magno ng DLSU,

**[00:08:32.150] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000106)  
my almamater by the way.

**[00:08:35.270] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000107)  
Institute of Governance,

**[00:08:37.590] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000108)  
sa concerned sa CHED,

**[00:08:40.070] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000109)  
sa DOST,

**[00:08:42.370] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000110)  
SDGs,

**[00:08:44.050] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000111)  
and community-based monitoring.

**[00:08:46.130] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000112)  
So, ito naman po, yung naging, you know,

**[00:08:47.910] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000114)  
response from the

**[00:08:50.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000115)  
BARC sa house

**[00:08:51.750] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000116)  
na naging

**[00:08:53.230] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000117)  
GAB and GAB2

**[00:08:56.290] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000118)  
and eventually

**[00:08:57.330] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000119)  
sa GAA. So, bibigyan po

**[00:08:59.910] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000120)  
namin kayo ng kopya nito

**[00:09:01.210] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000121)  
nang sa ganun, mapag-aralan nyo,

**[00:09:03.690] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000122)  
himayin po ninyo, and

**[00:09:05.270] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000123)  
para makita nyo rin po yung accuracy

**[00:09:07.670] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000124)  
based on our

**[00:09:09.370] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000125)  
2026 General Appropriations

**[00:09:12.170] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000126)  
Act. And we will

**[00:09:13.930] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000127)  
do the same this year.

**[00:09:16.450] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000128)  
Kung hindi po namin

**[00:09:17.830] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000129)  
na itatanong lahat ng questions

**[00:09:20.050] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000130)  
ng ating CSO, minsan kasi katulad

**[00:09:22.070] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000131)  
nung sa Department of

**[00:09:23.950] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000132)  
Health, yung aking

**[00:09:25.970] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000133)  
i-defend na department,

**[00:09:29.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000134)  
it's a 22

**[00:09:30.030] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000135)  
page concerns

**[00:09:31.910] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000136)  
at yung iba dun, tinanong ng ating mga

**[00:09:33.850] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000137)  
members. So, what we did

**[00:09:35.630] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000138)  
in whole,

**[00:09:38.410] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000139)  
kabuuan, pinasa po

**[00:09:40.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000140)  
namin sa DOH, and before

**[00:09:42.070] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000141)  
plenary, ibabalik po namin

**[00:09:44.250] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000142)  
sa inyo with answers

**[00:09:45.530] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000143)  
nang sa ganun, kung

**[00:09:47.790] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000144)  
tingin nyo na address nyo yung mga

**[00:09:49.850] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000145)  
concerns, okay,

**[00:09:51.770] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000146)  
hopefully that will reflect in the budget.

**[00:09:54.130] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000147)  
Kung hindi man, pwede pa natin

**[00:09:56.130] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000148)  
isama sa floor

**[00:09:58.050] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000149)  
deliberations.

**[00:10:00.070] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000150)  
So, please bear with us.

**[00:10:02.410] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000151)  
We are learning as we

**[00:10:03.830] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000152)  
go along, pareho po tayo,

**[00:10:06.150] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000153)  
pero pareho lang po tayo

**[00:10:08.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000154)  
ng gusto na mas maging

**[00:10:10.050] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000155)  
makabuluhan ang ating

**[00:10:11.810] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000156)  
national budget, taxpayers' money

**[00:10:14.250] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000157)  
sa buhay

**[00:10:15.570] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000158)  
ng ating mamamayan.

**[00:10:17.790] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000159)  
So, with that,

**[00:10:20.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000160)  
ire-relinquish ko na po

**[00:10:21.930] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000161)  
yung mic,

**[00:10:24.010] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000162)  
and I'm looking forward to a

**[00:10:25.810] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000163)  
very participatory, we are here to

**[00:10:27.830] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000164)  
listen, nandito yung inyong mga vice

**[00:10:29.910] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000165)  
chair, on how

**[00:10:31.190] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000166)  
we can address a lot of your concerns

**[00:10:33.930] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000167)  
and how we can improve

**[00:10:35.350] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000168)  
the budget process even better.

**[00:10:38.370] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000169)  
So, thank you very much for your active

**[00:10:39.850] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000170)  
participation, at magandang umaga po

**[00:10:41.810] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-000171)  
sa inyong lahat.

**[00:10:51.830] John Castillo** (asr-000171-split-2)  
Thank you very much

**[00:10:52.740] John Castillo** (asr-000172)  
senior vice chair,

**[00:10:54.220] John Castillo** (asr-000173)  
Kong Abbott.

**[00:10:56.500] John Castillo** (asr-000174)  
Yes, definitely, sir.

**[00:10:58.560] John Castillo** (asr-000175)  
Thank you very much for your message

**[00:11:00.860] John Castillo** (asr-000176)  
and for setting the direction for today's

**[00:11:03.060] John Castillo** (asr-000177)  
discussion. And before we proceed,

**[00:11:05.120] John Castillo** (asr-000178)  
we'd like to recognize the presence

**[00:11:07.140] John Castillo** (asr-000179)  
of our vice chairperson of the

**[00:11:08.940] John Castillo** (asr-000180)  
House Committee on Appropriation.

**[00:11:10.780] John Castillo** (asr-000181)  
And of course, the chairperson of the

**[00:11:13.020] John Castillo** (asr-000182)  
Committee on People's Participation,

**[00:11:15.620] John Castillo** (asr-000183)  
Honorable Representative

**[00:11:17.060] John Castillo** (asr-000184)  
Maria Angela Garcia

**[00:11:18.620] John Castillo** (asr-000185)  
from the 3rd District of Bataan.

**[00:11:21.480] John Castillo** (asr-000186)  
And of course,

**[00:11:22.880] John Castillo** (asr-000187)  
Honorable Representative Bella

**[00:11:24.840] John Castillo** (asr-000188)  
Vanessa Biswansi.

**[00:11:26.500] John Castillo** (asr-000189)  
From the 2nd District of

**[00:11:28.480] John Castillo** (asr-000190)  
Sultan Kudarat.

**[00:11:30.720] John Castillo** (asr-000191)  
And Honorable Representative

**[00:11:32.640] John Castillo** (asr-000192)  
Anna York P. Bondok

**[00:11:34.560] John Castillo** (asr-000193)  
from the 4th District of Pampanga.

**[00:11:36.560] John Castillo** (asr-000194)  
Good morning. They will serve as

**[00:11:38.500] John Castillo** (asr-000195)  
our panelists for

**[00:11:40.440] John Castillo** (asr-000196)  
today's budget,

**[00:11:42.160] John Castillo** (asr-000197)  
People's Budget Review.

**[00:11:44.320] John Castillo** (asr-000198)  
And before we proceed further,

**[00:11:46.740] John Castillo** (asr-000199)  
I was asked to invite

**[00:11:48.380] John Castillo** (asr-000200)  
everyone for photo

**[00:11:50.100] John Castillo** (asr-000201)  
opportunity. First will be

**[00:11:52.680] John Castillo** (asr-000202)  
the group of our panelists

**[00:11:54.700] John Castillo** (asr-000203)  
from the vice chair,

**[00:11:56.500] John Castillo** (asr-000204)  
persons of the Committee on Appropriations,

**[00:11:58.840] John Castillo** (asr-000205)  
followed by the members

**[00:12:00.340] John Castillo** (asr-000206)  
of the Task Force on People's

**[00:12:02.480] John Castillo** (asr-000207)  
Participation. And of course,

**[00:12:05.140] John Castillo** (asr-000208)  
last but not the least,

**[00:12:06.300] John Castillo** (asr-000209)  
the members and representatives

**[00:12:07.980] John Castillo** (asr-000210)  
of our various

**[00:12:09.880] John Castillo** (asr-000211)  
civil society organizations

**[00:12:11.780] John Castillo** (asr-000212)  
for photo opportunity. So,

**[00:12:14.640] John Castillo** (asr-000213)  
if you would please indulge us.

**[00:12:16.480] John Castillo** (asr-000214)  
First, for our

**[00:12:17.500] John Castillo** (asr-000215)  
panelists and

**[00:12:20.080] John Castillo** (asr-000216)  
yes, sir. Photo

**[00:12:22.220] John Castillo** (asr-000217)  
first for the

**[00:12:23.480] John Castillo** (asr-000218)  
first shot for the panelists.

**[00:12:26.500] John Castillo** (asr-000219)  
And then later on,

**[00:12:28.760] John Castillo** (asr-000220)  
we will move, or

**[00:12:30.460] John Castillo** (asr-000221)  
ano po mas maganda? Would you prefer

**[00:12:32.800] John Castillo** (asr-000222)  
for our media relations service?

**[00:12:35.900] John Castillo** (asr-000223)  
Yun. That's a

**[00:12:36.680] John Castillo** (asr-000224)  
very good ano rin po.

**[00:12:39.240] John Castillo** (asr-000225)  
That's a very good suggestion

**[00:12:40.760] John Castillo** (asr-000226)  
kung ano.

**[00:12:42.360] John Castillo** (asr-000227)  
Or you will, the cameraman will look

**[00:12:44.700] John Castillo** (asr-000228)  
here, and then po,

**[00:13:00.000] John Castillo** (asr-000229)  
if okay with you, with our vice

**[00:13:02.020] John Castillo** (asr-000230)  
chairperson and senior vice chair,

**[00:13:04.320] John Castillo** (asr-000231)  
that they will

**[00:13:05.160] John Castillo** (asr-000232)  
look there. Yes, Miss Pam.

**[00:13:08.080] John Castillo** (asr-000233)  
Go ahead.

**[00:13:09.520] John Castillo** (asr-000234)  
Our media director.

**[00:13:11.650] Media Director** (asr-000234-split-2)  
Yes, yeah.

**[00:13:12.960] Media Director** (asr-000235)  
For the second shot, may request

**[00:13:14.460] Media Director** (asr-000236)  
the members of the Task Force

**[00:13:16.540] Media Director** (asr-000237)  
to join. You can

**[00:13:18.240] Media Director** (asr-000238)  
stand behind the

**[00:13:20.240] Media Director** (asr-000239)  
panel, the panelists.

**[00:13:22.540] Media Director** (asr-000240)  
So, can we please invite

**[00:13:24.080] Media Director** (asr-000241)  
members of the Task Force

**[00:13:25.880] Media Director** (asr-000242)  
on People's Participation.

**[00:13:28.360] Media Director** (asr-000243)  
Please. Sige, quick.

**[00:13:31.690] Media Director** (asr-000244)  
Let's take a quick. Okay, members of the

**[00:13:33.530] Media Director** (asr-000245)  
Task Force.

**[00:13:35.450] Media Director** (asr-000246)  
Dito sa likod po ng ano.

**[00:13:37.530] Media Director** (asr-000247)  
Yeah. And then please get ready

**[00:13:39.550] Media Director** (asr-000248)  
CSOs to join.

**[00:13:41.150] Media Director** (asr-000249)  
So, we have space here.

**[00:13:42.870] Media Director** (asr-000250)  
So, we will have the seal

**[00:13:45.370] Media Director** (asr-000251)  
and everything also. Okay?

**[00:13:52.930] John Castillo** (asr-000252)  
So, for our members of the Task Force,

**[00:13:55.010] John Castillo** (asr-000253)  
kindly.

**[00:13:56.370] John Castillo** (asr-000254)  
Kamsa Cleo from the Committee on Appropriations.

**[00:14:03.500] John Castillo** (asr-000255)  
And all other

**[00:14:04.720] John Castillo** (asr-000256)  
members from the Media Relations Group,

**[00:14:06.900] John Castillo** (asr-000257)  
LSB, Committee on

**[00:14:08.900] John Castillo** (asr-000258)  
People's Participation.

**[00:14:10.940] John Castillo** (asr-000259)  
Sila po yung hahanapin ninyo

**[00:14:12.620] John Castillo** (asr-000260)  
in times of need.

**[00:14:15.440] John Castillo** (asr-000261)  
Thank you very much.

**[00:14:23.610] John Castillo** (asr-000262)  
Please stay po. Please stay lang po.

**[00:14:25.650] John Castillo** (asr-000263)  
And then our Civil Society Organization

**[00:14:27.790] John Castillo** (asr-000264)  
representatives,

**[00:14:29.330] John Castillo** (asr-000265)  
please come on

**[00:14:30.790] John Castillo** (asr-000266)  
stage

**[00:14:32.450] John Castillo** (asr-000267)  
in front for a quick photo

**[00:14:35.630] John Castillo** (asr-000268)  
opportunity lang po.

**[00:14:43.100] John Castillo** (asr-000269)  
And then later on siguro, one shot na

**[00:14:45.360] John Castillo** (asr-000270)  
looking while they're sitting also.

**[00:15:36.880] John Castillo** (asr-000271)  
Thank you everyone. You may now take your seat.

**[00:15:54.020] John Castillo** (asr-000272)  
Okay, at this juncture, I think we now move to what I believe will be one of the most important highlights of today's program.

**[00:16:03.480] John Castillo** (asr-000273)  
We will hear directly from our CSO partners on their perspectives, concerns, and recommendations regarding the 2027 National Budget.

**[00:16:14.940] John Castillo** (asr-000274)  
But before we begin, just a few reminders to help us manage our time and give everyone an opportunity to be heard.

**[00:16:25.740] John Castillo** (asr-000275)  
To ensure that we can accommodate all our CSO representatives within the available time, each speaker will be given approximately two to three minutes to share or less, to share their key statements and recommendation on the 2027 National Budget.

**[00:16:42.640] John Castillo** (asr-000276)  
Don't worry, don't worry.

**[00:16:43.880] John Castillo** (asr-000277)  
You will hear a signal or receive a notice when your time is nearly up.

**[00:16:50.200] John Castillo** (asr-000278)  
So we encourage everyone to focus on your most important concerns, recommendations, or key messages.

**[00:16:57.940] John Castillo** (asr-000279)  
If there are additional concerns or recommendations that you are not able to cover within your allotted time, we encourage you to submit your position papers or other written submission to the Task Force on People's Participation.

**[00:17:12.420] John Castillo** (asr-000280)  
This will be considered.

**[00:17:13.880] John Castillo** (asr-000281)  
This will be considered as part of the continuing discussion and where appropriate will be referred for feedback, similar to what Kong Abet presented earlier.

**[00:17:23.360] John Castillo** (asr-000282)  
And we will also want to highlight that there are two distinct parts po.

**[00:17:27.020] John Castillo** (asr-000283)  
First part, each CSO will talk about their comments, concerns on the 2027 National Budget, substantive.

**[00:17:35.260] John Castillo** (asr-000284)  
And then, after po makapag-deliver na ng three-minute speech or statement from each CSO, our panelists will be given the chance to speak, share their inputs or observation.

**[00:17:48.560] John Castillo** (asr-000285)  
And then there will be second part on the discussion about the procedural matters on how to improve or strengthen the people's participation on the budget process.

**[00:18:00.340] John Castillo** (asr-000286)  
So, okay po tayo doon?

**[00:18:03.650] John Castillo** (asr-000287)  
Okay.

**[00:18:04.990] John Castillo** (asr-000288)  
So, we will handle this.

**[00:18:06.890] John Castillo** (asr-000289)  
Since all of our vice chairs and senior vice chair are already present here, and some of our CSO partners have already signified their intent to raise their concerns on certain matters, we will begin with, letter A po ba muna tayo, agriculture matters, to serve as, to hear from the Philippine Association of Agriculture.

**[00:18:35.990] John Castillo** (asr-000290)  
Agriculture.

**[00:18:36.890] John Castillo** (asr-000291)  
Agriculturist.

**[00:18:37.590] John Castillo** (asr-000292)  
Tama po ba, sir?

**[00:18:39.210] John Castillo** (asr-000293)  
The president or the vice president of Philippine Association of Agriculture is incorporated, Al, Mr. Al Christian Hilario.

**[00:18:49.970] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000294)  
Marami salamat po, and good morning po sa lahat.

**[00:18:53.250] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000295)  
Kami po sa Philippine Association of Agriculture is ay nandito para po mag-observe.

**[00:19:03.540] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000296)  
Kami po sa Philippine Association of Agriculture is ay nandito po para tumulong na ma-prioritize po ang agricultural sector.

**[00:19:10.160] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000297)  
Sa 2027 budget.

**[00:19:12.920] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000298)  
Kasabay din po nito, kasabay po ng enactment o pagsasabatas ng Philippine Agriculturalist Act or the Republic Act 12215, yung pagpapalakas po ng mga agrikulturist na matagal ng napabayaan.

**[00:19:26.280] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000299)  
And isa po sa mga concern nito ay yung adjustment ng salaries na hindi na-implement.

**[00:19:31.320] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000300)  
Since one year na po na yung batas ay naipapasa, yung upgrading po from SG-11 ng mga nasa government, agrikulturist,

**[00:19:38.780] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000301)  
ay hindi pa na-i-adjust into SG-11.

**[00:19:40.160] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000303)  
At tinatanong namin yung mga agencies ay wala po silang definite response.

**[00:19:45.260] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000304)  
Sa private sector naman po, yung mga practicing agrikulturist natin, hindi na i-a-align.

**[00:19:50.560] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000305)  
Still lowest, mababa pa rin po, kumpado sa industrial rate, yung kanilang mga salaries.

**[00:19:56.080] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000306)  
So yun po yung isang tinitignan natin sa budget.

**[00:19:58.400] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000307)  
And kasabay din po nito, yung iba't-ibang mga agro-environmental investment programs ay atin po tinitignan.

**[00:20:07.120] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000308)  
And other projects na magpapalakas.

**[00:20:08.840] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000309)  
Sa ngayon po, sa dami.

**[00:20:10.120] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000310)  
Sa dami ng mga calamities at sa mga pinominan na na-i-encounter natin across the country.

**[00:20:14.560] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000311)  
Isa rin po sa tinitignan ng grupo ng agrikulturist ay ma-ensure po na yung food security plan ay naka-align po at well-funded.

**[00:20:23.840] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000312)  
Para po maiwasan yung ating, kung hindi po maiwasan, totally malimited or to zero yung ating malnutrition and gutom.

**[00:20:32.420] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-000313)  
Yun lang po at maraming salamat.

**[00:20:33.740] John Castillo** (asr-000314)  
Thank you very much, President or Sir.

**[00:22:08.480] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000315)  
I don't believe na ginawang individual.

**[00:22:09.970] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000316)  
Yun yung tatapusin niya.

**[00:22:11.370] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000317)  
[unclear] million hectares, they target 750,000 hectares next year.

**[00:22:18.750] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000318)  
Okay lang, well and good, kailangan ng taong bahay, kailangan ng magsasakang individual titles.

**[00:22:23.390] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000319)  
What we asked was, ano yung target doon sa land acquisition and distribution?

**[00:22:29.250] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000320)  
And they said 20,000 hectares only.

**[00:22:33.490] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000321)  
Tapos, ang sinasabi nila, on that issue, bakit hindi po tapusin yung land acquisition and distribution?

**[00:22:39.970] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000322)  
Just as a context, ang last notices of coverage issued were on 2014 pa, June 2014.

**[00:22:49.370] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000323)  
So, at least, lahat ng mga [unclear] agrarian reform have been waiting at least 12 years.

**[00:22:55.410] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000324)  
Kasi 2026 na, diba?

**[00:22:57.430] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000325)  
And that means to say, dapat 2015 tapos na yun kasi yun yung policy nandar, one year land distribution lang.

**[00:23:06.730] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000326)  
Tapos ngayon ang target nila 20,000 lang.

**[00:23:09.970] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000327)  
Yun po yung tinanong na hindi po satisfactorily sinagot ni Secretary Estrella, bakit 20,000 lang?

**[00:23:16.110] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000328)  
Kahit meron pang about 580,000 hectares na balance doon sa land acquisition and distribution.

**[00:23:23.750] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000329)  
Ang tanong namin, bakit di tanatapos?

**[00:23:27.250] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000330)  
Sino yung nakikinabang sa hindi pagtapos ang land distribution?

**[00:23:30.170] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000331)  
Kasi alam naman natin, yung mga huling natitira are yung mga landed elites.

**[00:23:35.630] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000332)  
And we want sa ANAD 2 to see the sincerity of Congress din.

**[00:23:39.970] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000333)  
Understand, many of the members of Congress are also subject to agrarian reform.

**[00:23:45.210] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000334)  
Kasi may mga land holdings po tayong nasa atin pa, hindi pa napapa sa ilalim.

**[00:23:49.830] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000335)  
So, nag-compute po kami ng numbers kung ano yung kailangan.

**[00:23:52.450] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000336)  
Ang hinihingi lang ng DAR ay 100 million.

**[00:23:54.930] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000337)  
That is only enough for 2,000 hectares purchase land acquisition.

**[00:24:00.210] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000338)  
Paano nila magagawa yung mandate nila kung hindi nila hinihingi yung pera?

**[00:24:04.290] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000339)  
Perhaps hot air lang yung sinabi ni Presidente sa SONA.

**[00:24:08.430] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000340)  
Natatapusin niya.

**[00:24:09.210] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000341)  
Second, meron po kasi kaming tinatanong din doon regarding dun sa pagtatanggal sa listahan ng lupa dun sa DAR.

**[00:24:21.050] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000342)  
Sinabi nila, they remove problematic land holdings.

**[00:24:24.270] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000343)  
So, we ask, isn't it illegal to remove land holdings?

**[00:24:28.310] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000344)  
Kasi one hectare removed from the list is one farmer left landless for another year at least.

**[00:24:35.050] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000345)  
Kasi hindi siya napunta dun sa budget.

**[00:24:36.530] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000346)  
So, we wanted to ask, legal ba yung pagpapakita?

**[00:24:39.210] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000347)  
Ano yung proseso nila?

**[00:24:40.030] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000348)  
At ano yung proseso nila?

**[00:24:41.630] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000349)  
Ano yung validation to get due process dun sa magsasaka natatanggal sa listahan?

**[00:24:45.490] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-000350)  
Maraming salamat.

**[00:24:46.050] John Castillo** (asr-000351)  
Thank you very much, Sir Tim.

**[00:24:47.930] John Castillo** (asr-000352)  
Any of the, are there other CSO who wish to signify their concerns with respect to agriculture matters?

**[00:25:01.300] John Castillo** (asr-000353)  
Hearing none.

**[00:25:03.020] John Castillo** (asr-000354)  
If any from our Vice Chair or Senior Vice Chair or any panelists who would want to respond or share their observations,

**[00:25:11.100] John Castillo** (asr-000355)  
or insights.

**[00:25:12.660] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000356)  
Thank you so much, Mr. Chair or Mr. Senior Vice Chair.

**[00:25:19.120] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000357)  
Thank you also to the CSOs and various organizations that have taken time out to join us today.

**[00:25:26.980] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000358)  
And thank you also sa napaka-interesting na mga tanong po na hinaharap.

**[00:25:31.960] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000359)  
So, before I address the questions that were asked,

**[00:25:35.480] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000360)  
I would just like to mention that for the year 2026,

**[00:25:41.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000361)  
it has been the best year for agriculture ever in the history po of the Philippines.

**[00:25:48.700] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000362)  
So, siguro po, let's take a moment to appreciate that statement.

**[00:25:52.860] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000363)  
And recognize po, lahat po nang tumulong.

**[00:25:55.940] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000364)  
Of course, I would like to acknowledge Secretary Tiu Laurel.

**[00:26:00.320] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000365)  
But behind him are so many people po.

**[00:26:03.520] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000366)  
From the top down talaga po hanggat sa bawat magsasaka po ng Pilipinas,

**[00:26:09.940] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000367)  
ay tumulong

**[00:26:11.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000368)  
po rito sa nangyari pong napakagandang balita na ito.

**[00:26:15.540] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000369)  
And yes, we acknowledge po iyong contribution po na mga agriculturists din po dito.

**[00:26:22.760] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000370)  
And yes, I truly agree that you should be paid po the proper salary grade.

**[00:26:27.680] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000371)  
So, to mention po, ano po bang ginawa ng DA that is so amazing this year?

**[00:26:32.540] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000372)  
Agriculture and fisheries posted the strongest growth in eight years.

**[00:26:37.220] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000373)  
So, this is the fastest po.

**[00:26:39.560] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000374)  
It grew 2.6%.

**[00:26:41.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000375)  
And our second quarter harvest is really the largest po.

**[00:26:47.860] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000376)  
We have also started, um, umiikot na po yung 20 pesos per kilo rice.

**[00:26:54.380] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000377)  
Dati po, pangarap lang.

**[00:26:56.300] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000378)  
And again, it is still not fully implemented.

**[00:26:59.620] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000379)  
Nevertheless, umiikot na po yung atin pong mga caravans sa bawat regyon po ng Pilipinas.

**[00:27:05.720] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000380)  
We are also thanks to, many thanks to your assistance po.

**[00:27:11.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000381)  
Na nakadagdag po, no?

**[00:27:12.840] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000382)  
Um, DA mismo got 40 billion increase.

**[00:27:16.380] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000383)  
So, much of that has not yet been implemented, sadly.

**[00:27:21.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000384)  
Especially po yung farm-to-market roads.

**[00:27:23.060] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000385)  
Because just two weeks ago, linabas po ng DBM yung necessary papers.

**[00:27:27.880] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000386)  
So, we could see that kung nag-record harvest na po tayo,

**[00:27:34.420] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000387)  
even without the infrastructures that we are starting to build.

**[00:27:39.780] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000388)  
Pag sumipa natin,

**[00:27:41.100] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000389)  
kaya po yun, in the next 18 months,

**[00:27:44.120] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000390)  
we can even expect, uh, even more kung malakas lang po ang loob ko,

**[00:27:48.760] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000391)  
barring any major disasters.

**[00:27:50.580] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000392)  
And hopefully, we can recover from this massive flood.

**[00:27:53.500] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000393)  
I would say that the agriculture, uh, sector would grow even more

**[00:27:58.140] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000394)  
because we have really, um, so many infrastructures just waiting to be rolled out.

**[00:28:03.360] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000395)  
So, we are also putting up major food hubs to, um,

**[00:28:08.680] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000396)  
para po mawala yung mga middlemen.

**[00:28:10.820] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000397)  
Sa mga kita po ng mga farmers.

**[00:28:13.040] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000398)  
And lastly, we are now starting to grow, um, one of the food hubs po is in Clark mismo,

**[00:28:19.360] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000399)  
which is in Pampanga.

**[00:28:20.700] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000400)  
And this is also very interesting, you know.

**[00:28:22.740] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000401)  
We have higher value agricultural exports nowadays.

**[00:28:27.080] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000402)  
We're not only doing the traditional bananas and pineapples,

**[00:28:31.180] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000403)  
pero meron na po tayong durian, cacao, avocado,

**[00:28:34.440] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000404)  
and yung bago pong trend ngayon sa U.S., ang ube

**[00:28:38.960] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000405)  
So, ang dami pong magandang balita.

**[00:28:40.820] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000406)  
Sa agrikultura.

**[00:28:42.420] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000407)  
And, um, there are certain sectors like the DPWH have suffered losses in their budget.

**[00:28:48.060] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000408)  
Um, the agriculture sector is alive and hopefully booming.

**[00:28:53.960] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000409)  
And sana mas kaganda pa po sa inyo with all of your support.

**[00:28:58.400] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000410)  
So, to address the specific questions,

**[00:29:00.900] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000411)  
you were asking po about the, uh, pest management po sa negros.

**[00:29:07.400] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000412)  
Um, about the, do you, do you want to hear the details?

**[00:29:10.380] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000413)  
Or can I submit it na lang po?

**[00:29:13.300] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000414)  
Oo, submit na lang po kasi it's very local.

**[00:29:16.660] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000415)  
So, um, it's very, it's very local.

**[00:29:20.820] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000416)  
So, you may read it po and then just get back to me kung meron pa pong mga issues.

**[00:29:27.220] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000417)  
So, ayun po.

**[00:29:28.220] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000418)  
We're looking forward to a better rice harvest.

**[00:29:31.200] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000419)  
And we will need the help of agriculture budget talaga to recover

**[00:29:34.520] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000420)  
because most of Central Luzon, including Nueva Ecija, Pampanga,

**[00:29:39.440] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000421)  
Tarlac, and Batangas,

**[00:29:40.380] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000422)  
this is known as the rice granary of the Philippines,

**[00:29:43.480] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000423)  
also has been affected by the major flood.

**[00:29:47.140] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000424)  
And, um, also we are working also on improving the flooding,

**[00:29:52.220] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000425)  
how we can avoid flooding sa NLEX.

**[00:29:54.480] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000426)  
Why is this important?

**[00:29:55.660] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000427)  
Because majority of our agriculture products also come from the north.

**[00:30:00.050] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000428)  
going to Metro Manila.

**[00:30:02.370] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000429)  
So, improving our

**[00:30:04.030] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000430)  
transport and road

**[00:30:06.150] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000431)  
network is very, very important

**[00:30:08.290] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000432)  
to ensure food security.

**[00:30:11.170] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000433)  
So, I know

**[00:30:12.130] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000434)  
that we have been

**[00:30:13.090] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000435)  
late in rolling

**[00:30:16.170] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000436)  
out the farm-to-market roads

**[00:30:17.870] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000437)  
and the major infrastructures, including

**[00:30:20.330] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000438)  
deep ports and

**[00:30:21.910] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000439)  
NFA warehouses. But we look

**[00:30:24.170] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000440)  
forward to more growth

**[00:30:25.590] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000441)  
in the next, last

**[00:30:28.090] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000442)  
quarter of the year as we

**[00:30:29.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000443)  
as the weather improves and we

**[00:30:31.830] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000444)  
continue to

**[00:30:33.410] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000445)  
build infrastructures

**[00:30:35.750] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000446)  
necessary to support agriculture.

**[00:30:38.130] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000447)  
There was a question regarding

**[00:30:39.830] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000448)  
the DAR

**[00:30:41.250] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000449)  
and the land targets.

**[00:30:43.950] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000450)  
Unfortunately, our vice chair is not

**[00:30:45.950] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000451)  
here and they have given

**[00:30:48.030] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000452)  
me their

**[00:30:48.890] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000453)  
response, the response

**[00:30:52.150] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000454)  
of the committee. And I am

**[00:30:53.970] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000455)  
sad to let you know that the

**[00:30:55.930] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000456)  
land budget, what is the reason for

**[00:30:57.970] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000457)  
poor land acquisition?

**[00:30:59.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000458)  
There's only one reason, which is

**[00:31:01.470] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000459)  
the perennial reason, kulang sa

**[00:31:03.470] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000460)  
budget. And

**[00:31:05.310] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000461)  
bakit kulang sa budget?

**[00:31:07.870] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000462)  
Nilagay po dito that

**[00:31:09.070] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000463)  
Undersecretary Celeste explained

**[00:31:11.150] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000464)  
that the 100 million that they were requesting

**[00:31:13.670] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000465)  
was constrained by the strict

**[00:31:15.650] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000466)  
budget ceiling set up by

**[00:31:17.510] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000467)  
the DBM. So, siguro po

**[00:31:19.710] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000468)  
you may have a conversation po

**[00:31:21.690] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000469)  
with the DBM

**[00:31:23.030] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000470)  
and the DAR so that they may work

**[00:31:25.570] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000471)  
out some

**[00:31:27.470] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000472)  
modifications to this.

**[00:31:29.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000473)  
Again, to say that our

**[00:31:30.870] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000474)  
administration is not serious about

**[00:31:33.190] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000475)  
the DAR, I think

**[00:31:35.170] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000476)  
is a gross understatement

**[00:31:36.750] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000477)  
because this is the first time

**[00:31:38.630] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000478)  
that ever in history

**[00:31:41.370] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000479)  
na na-wipe out po yung utang na mga

**[00:31:43.190] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000480)  
farmers, which is really

**[00:31:45.330] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000481)  
if you ask me, yun ang

**[00:31:46.990] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000482)  
signature achievement po ni President

**[00:31:49.330] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000483)  
BBM and which

**[00:31:51.150] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000484)  
will really impact upon each

**[00:31:53.090] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000485)  
individual farmer.

**[00:31:56.230] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000486)  
So, I

**[00:31:57.210] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000487)  
think that

**[00:31:57.870] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000488)  
that alone,

**[00:31:59.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000489)  
that alone shows the sincerity and dedication.

**[00:32:01.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000490)  
But again, tama naman ho kayo.

**[00:32:03.230] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000491)  
We cannot stop there. Kailangan tuloy-tuloy

**[00:32:05.670] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000492)  
pa rin po yung mga gains.

**[00:32:07.390] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000493)  
So, I would like to submit this also

**[00:32:09.230] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000494)  
for a further inspection because

**[00:32:11.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000495)  
I am not the Vice Chair of DAR

**[00:32:13.210] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000496)  
but I will do my best to share

**[00:32:15.450] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000497)  
with you what they have given me.

**[00:32:17.570] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000498)  
And of course, you're always welcome

**[00:32:19.250] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000499)  
to bring this up later on, including

**[00:32:21.510] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000500)  
in the plenary. So, maraming

**[00:32:23.650] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000501)  
salamat po. And mabuhay

**[00:32:25.610] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000502)  
po ang agrikultura po.

**[00:32:27.250] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000503)  
Ang sektor ng agrikultura.

**[00:32:29.530] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-000504)  
Dito po sa bayan natin.

**[00:32:32.770] John Castillo** (asr-000505)  
Thank you,

**[00:32:33.630] John Castillo** (asr-000506)  
Congresswoman Bondoc.

**[00:32:35.430] John Castillo** (asr-000507)  
We will now proceed.

**[00:32:38.710] John Castillo** (asr-000508)  
Wow.

**[00:32:39.510] John Castillo** (asr-000509)  
Sige ma'am, if it's alright. We will submit it

**[00:32:41.490] John Castillo** (asr-000510)  
to the task force for consolidation

**[00:32:43.490] John Castillo** (asr-000511)  
and for documentation.

**[00:32:46.430] John Castillo** (asr-000512)  
Thanks again, Congresswoman

**[00:32:47.750] John Castillo** (asr-000513)  
Bondoc. Now,

**[00:32:49.510] John Castillo** (asr-000514)  
we proceed with

**[00:32:50.870] John Castillo** (asr-000515)  
hearing from the

**[00:32:52.530] John Castillo** (asr-000516)  
Code NGO.

**[00:33:02.140] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000517)  
Magandang umaga po

**[00:33:03.580] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000518)  
sa lahat. We think that

**[00:33:05.380] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000519)  
the House of Representatives and

**[00:33:07.280] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000520)  
the CPBRD for providing

**[00:33:09.640] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000521)  
the CSOs today

**[00:33:11.180] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000522)  
with this platform.

**[00:33:13.760] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000523)  
For a Code NGO, a budget

**[00:33:15.360] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000524)  
can genuinely be called

**[00:33:17.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000525)  
a people's budget only if it passes

**[00:33:19.440] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000526)  
three tests. First,

**[00:33:21.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000527)  
does it respond to people's actual

**[00:33:23.600] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000528)  
needs? Second,

**[00:33:25.340] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000529)  
can citizens trace where every peso

**[00:33:27.540] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000530)  
goes and what it delivers?

**[00:33:29.780] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000531)  
Third, can citizens

**[00:33:31.360] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000532)  
meaningfully participate

**[00:33:32.940] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000533)  
not only in consultation,

**[00:33:35.380] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000534)  
but also in decision-making,

**[00:33:37.620] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000535)  
implementation, monitoring,

**[00:33:39.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000536)  
and audit? For today,

**[00:33:41.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000537)  
due to limited time, we would like

**[00:33:43.400] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000538)  
to focus on two major items

**[00:33:45.800] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000539)  
in the proposed

**[00:33:47.600] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000540)  
appropriations.

**[00:33:50.300] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000541)  
We

**[00:33:50.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000542)  
request the

**[00:33:53.240] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000543)  
Congress to have a stronger

**[00:33:55.120] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000544)  
safeguards needed for large

**[00:33:57.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000545)  
discretionary and special

**[00:33:59.240] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000546)  
purpose funds. The proposed

**[00:34:01.500] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000547)  
local government support fund

**[00:34:03.380] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000548)  
amounts to 53.53

**[00:34:05.380] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000549)  
billion.

**[00:34:06.980] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000550)  
The proposed

**[00:34:08.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000551)  
of this, 37.49

**[00:34:11.780] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000552)  
billion is for

**[00:34:12.840] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000553)  
financial assistance to

**[00:34:14.920] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000554)  
LGUs under allocation

**[00:34:16.680] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000555)  
criteria that are still

**[00:34:18.820] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000556)  
to be developed. Meanwhile,

**[00:34:21.120] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000557)  
only 1 billion

**[00:34:22.520] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000558)  
or about 1.7%

**[00:34:25.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000559)  
of the entire

**[00:34:26.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000560)  
LGSF is expressly

**[00:34:28.920] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000561)  
subject to participatory

**[00:34:30.740] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000562)  
budgeting requirements.

**[00:34:33.000] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000563)  
We therefore respectfully

**[00:34:34.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000564)  
propose that objective

**[00:34:36.580] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000565)  
needs-based criteria,

**[00:34:39.200] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000566)  
project-level disclosure,

**[00:34:41.440] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000567)  
documented community

**[00:34:43.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000568)  
consultation, and

**[00:34:44.940] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000569)  
independent citizen monitoring

**[00:34:46.980] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000570)  
apply across the entire

**[00:34:49.360] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000571)  
LGSF and

**[00:34:51.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000572)  
not the meager 1.7%.

**[00:34:54.200] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000573)  
We

**[00:34:55.400] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000574)  
also like to

**[00:34:56.880] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000575)  
propose that a certain

**[00:34:59.100] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000576)  
portion of the LGSF

**[00:35:01.400] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000577)  
be used by the LGUs

**[00:35:03.520] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000578)  
to capacitate

**[00:35:04.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000579)  
the local CSOs.

**[00:35:06.600] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000580)  
CSOs are given a lot

**[00:35:08.780] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000581)  
of responsibilities

**[00:35:09.900] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000582)  
doing third-party monitoring

**[00:35:12.600] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000583)  
but we do not have the budget

**[00:35:14.700] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000584)  
necessary to capacitate

**[00:35:16.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000585)  
all the local

**[00:35:18.120] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000586)  
CSOs that supposedly

**[00:35:21.220] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000587)  
would have to monitor

**[00:35:22.720] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000588)  
these discretionary funds.

**[00:35:25.140] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000589)  
So we respectfully appeal

**[00:35:26.720] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000590)  
to the House of Representatives

**[00:35:28.840] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000591)  
to also fund

**[00:35:31.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000592)  
so that

**[00:35:32.760] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000593)  
the CSOs,

**[00:35:34.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000594)  
will not be incompetent

**[00:35:36.980] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000595)  
because they always say

**[00:35:38.680] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000596)  
that they will not engage

**[00:35:40.240] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000597)  
the local CSOs at the bottom

**[00:35:42.680] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000598)  
because they do not understand

**[00:35:45.020] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000599)  
the budget.

**[00:35:46.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000600)  
But then what are we doing?

**[00:35:49.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000601)  
It is not because

**[00:35:50.820] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000602)  
we are a people's organization,

**[00:35:53.200] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000603)  
CSOs.

**[00:35:54.280] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000604)  
It does not mean that we are not

**[00:35:56.760] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000605)  
entitled to the

**[00:35:58.540] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000606)  
people's budget so that we

**[00:36:00.500] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000607)  
will also be capacitated

**[00:36:02.280] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000608)  
so that we can do our jobs well.

**[00:36:04.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000609)  
Another point is

**[00:36:07.300] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000610)  
the NTF-ELCAC

**[00:36:08.900] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000611)  
Barangay Program.

**[00:36:11.200] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000612)  
We note that in the proposed

**[00:36:12.980] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000613)  
budget,

**[00:36:14.060] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000614)  
9.74 billion

**[00:36:16.520] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000615)  
support to Barangay Development

**[00:36:18.680] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000616)  
Program likewise

**[00:36:20.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000617)  
require independent review

**[00:36:23.100] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000618)  
of the basis for selecting

**[00:36:25.040] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000619)  
this 1,948

**[00:36:27.380] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000620)  
barangays

**[00:36:28.220] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000621)  
and a uniform allocation of

**[00:36:30.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000622)  
5 million per barangay.

**[00:36:32.680] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000623)  
We

**[00:36:33.610] John Castillo** (asr-000623-split-2)  
kindly wrap up lang po, sorry.

**[00:36:35.970] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000624)  
We respectfully request

**[00:36:37.280] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000625)  
to require publication

**[00:36:38.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000626)  
of prior utilization

**[00:36:40.280] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000627)  
of the outcomes used by the

**[00:36:42.600] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000628)  
NTF-ELCAC Barangay Program

**[00:36:44.860] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000629)  
independent evaluation

**[00:36:46.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000630)  
and safeguards against

**[00:36:48.580] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000631)  
political influence, red tagging

**[00:36:51.120] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000632)  
or exclusion.

**[00:36:52.740] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-000633)  
Maraming salamat po.

**[00:36:54.220] John Castillo** (asr-000634)  
Thank you for your inputs or assessment

**[00:36:56.140] John Castillo** (asr-000635)  
Atty. Doris from Code NGO.

**[00:36:58.860] John Castillo** (asr-000636)  
We now move to our next

**[00:37:00.860] John Castillo** (asr-000637)  
participant from the People's Budget

**[00:37:02.900] John Castillo** (asr-000638)  
Coalition.

**[00:37:03.460] John Castillo** (asr-000639)  
A.J. Montesa, sir.

**[00:37:14.040] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000640)  
Yes. Hello. Magandang umaga po.

**[00:37:16.280] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000641)  
I'm A.J. Montesa from the People's Budget Coalition.

**[00:37:19.040] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000642)  
First of all, I would like to

**[00:37:20.720] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000643)  
thank po the panel,

**[00:37:23.380] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000644)  
Representative Abet Garcia

**[00:37:24.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000645)  
and everyone on this panel. We're very

**[00:37:26.460] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000646)  
grateful that you took the time to be here.

**[00:37:28.900] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000647)  
We understand that budget hearings are

**[00:37:30.700] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000648)  
already ongoing so despite your

**[00:37:32.720] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000649)  
busy schedules, you took the time to listen to us po.

**[00:37:35.640] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000650)  
We are very appreciative

**[00:37:37.160] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000651)  
to the CPBRD, the Task Force

**[00:37:39.320] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000652)  
on People's Participation for

**[00:37:40.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000653)  
really hearing our voices.

**[00:37:42.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000654)  
So we'd like to just flag to

**[00:37:44.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000655)  
maybe two or three big issues.

**[00:37:46.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000656)  
Number one, we do understand

**[00:37:48.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000657)  
that, this was already mentioned,

**[00:37:50.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000658)  
the fiscal space of the budget is

**[00:37:52.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000659)  
shrinking. We know that

**[00:37:54.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000660)  
even before Congress gets to deliberate,

**[00:37:56.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000661)  
there are many automatic appropriations

**[00:37:58.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000662)  
that already cut into the budget.

**[00:38:00.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000663)  
So 7.2 trillion, not all of

**[00:38:02.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000664)  
that is available for Congress

**[00:38:04.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000665)  
to legislate, right?

**[00:38:06.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000666)  
For every 100 pesos

**[00:38:08.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000667)  
in the budget, 36 pesos lang po talaga po.

**[00:38:10.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000668)  
Yung kayang i-legislate ng Congress.

**[00:38:12.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000669)  
So we understand that you are quite constrained

**[00:38:14.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000670)  
with that. So we hope that

**[00:38:16.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000671)  
we can consider things that will

**[00:38:18.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000672)  
address that shrinking fiscal space,

**[00:38:20.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000673)  
the national tax allotment, the debt interest

**[00:38:22.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000674)  
payments, the automatic appropriations

**[00:38:24.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000675)  
to military and uniform personnel. Lahat po

**[00:38:26.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000676)  
ng iyon are macro-fiscal

**[00:38:28.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000677)  
things that perhaps Congress can address

**[00:38:30.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000678)  
later on.

**[00:38:32.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000679)  
And so that leads us to the bigger point

**[00:38:34.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000680)  
that for us to have a people-centered

**[00:38:36.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000681)  
budget, we do hope that we can address

**[00:38:38.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000682)  
the issues that the people are facing.

**[00:38:40.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000683)  
I think the 2026 budget

**[00:38:42.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000684)  
was passed before the

**[00:38:44.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000685)  
fuel crisis came about.

**[00:38:46.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000686)  
And so it was not necessarily responsive

**[00:38:48.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000687)  
to that crisis. So we're facing

**[00:38:50.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000688)  
affordability crisis in food.

**[00:38:52.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000689)  
Inflation for food is almost

**[00:38:54.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000690)  
20% po. Inflation

**[00:38:56.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000691)  
for fuel, inflation

**[00:38:58.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000692)  
for electricity, lahat po ng

**[00:39:00.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000693)  
pagtataas po ng presyo are

**[00:39:02.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000694)  
things that our people are

**[00:39:04.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000695)  
facing po. And so we hope that there

**[00:39:06.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000696)  
can be a focus on specific line items.

**[00:39:08.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000697)  
Programs, activities, and

**[00:39:10.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000698)  
projects that will address really the

**[00:39:12.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000699)  
day-to-day basic needs of the people

**[00:39:14.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000700)  
despite the limited fiscal space.

**[00:39:16.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000701)  
And so we would

**[00:39:18.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000702)  
also like to flag that despite the

**[00:39:20.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000703)  
6% increase in the budget, we are

**[00:39:22.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000704)  
noticing that there are, it's

**[00:39:24.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000705)  
not an even increase. There are budget

**[00:39:26.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000706)  
decreases for DepEd, for CHED,

**[00:39:28.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000707)  
for TESDA, for DOH, for

**[00:39:30.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000708)  
PhilHealth, for DA. So all of these

**[00:39:32.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000709)  
core agencies, nabawasan po yung budget

**[00:39:34.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000710)  
because of the lack of fiscal space. So we hope that's

**[00:39:36.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000711)  
something that Congress,

**[00:39:38.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000712)  
through the power of the purse, can correct yung

**[00:39:40.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000713)  
proposal po ng National Expenditure Program.

**[00:39:42.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000714)  
I think the last

**[00:39:44.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000715)  
item that we would like to flag are some

**[00:39:46.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000716)  
of the red flags that we have been tagging.

**[00:39:48.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000717)  
We've been very vigilant in monitoring

**[00:39:50.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000718)  
the budget. We recognize

**[00:39:52.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000719)  
that a lot of the line items are crucial.

**[00:39:54.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000720)  
For example, infrastructure is very important.

**[00:39:56.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000721)  
Flood control is very important.

**[00:39:58.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000722)  
Pagpapagawa ng mga daan,

**[00:40:00.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000723)  
mga bridges and all of that are important.

**[00:40:02.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000724)  
What we did notice though is

**[00:40:04.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000725)  
there has been a tendency in previous years to

**[00:40:06.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000726)  
politicize these line items.

**[00:40:08.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000727)  
So we do hope Congress can

**[00:40:10.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000728)  
enact some safeguard measures.

**[00:40:12.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000729)  
Make sure that any

**[00:40:14.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000730)  
amendments or any proposals to add

**[00:40:16.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000731)  
infrastructure projects will be supported by

**[00:40:18.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000732)  
master plans, by programs

**[00:40:20.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000733)  
of works that will be transparent

**[00:40:22.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000734)  
and accessible to the public. So that

**[00:40:24.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000735)  
the people can see that the trust is

**[00:40:26.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000736)  
restored, that the budget is not based on politics

**[00:40:28.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000737)  
but on development plans. The second

**[00:40:30.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000738)  
is yung mga ayuda programs.

**[00:40:32.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000739)  
People are starting to become more critical of

**[00:40:34.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000740)  
this. We hope that, for example,

**[00:40:36.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000741)  
MAIFIP, AICS, TUPAD,

**[00:40:38.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000742)  
these are not things that will drive

**[00:40:40.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000743)  
patronage politics.

**[00:40:42.680] John Castillo** (asr-000744)  
Kindly wrap up.

**[00:40:44.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000745)  
We hope that we can focus on more rules-based,

**[00:40:46.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000746)  
rights-based social

**[00:40:48.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000747)  
protection where the citizens can feel

**[00:40:50.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000748)  
that we are really accessing our rights rather

**[00:40:52.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000749)  
than having to beg from politicians.

**[00:40:54.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000750)  
And then the third is yung local

**[00:40:56.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000751)  
government support fund.

**[00:40:58.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000752)  
I think the main criticism has been

**[00:41:00.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000753)  
there's really a lack of transparency on the

**[00:41:02.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000754)  
local government support fund. The fear that

**[00:41:04.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000755)  
most of us are flagging is that this might be

**[00:41:06.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000756)  
an advanced election budget already.

**[00:41:08.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000757)  
So we do hope, I think just to close po,

**[00:41:10.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000758)  
that with all the corruption

**[00:41:12.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000759)  
scandals that have plagued our budget,

**[00:41:14.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000760)  
we do hope that this is not a business as usual

**[00:41:16.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000761)  
budget, but that Congress can correct

**[00:41:18.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000762)  
a lot of the mistakes that were made in the past

**[00:41:20.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000763)  
and that we will really try to restore the trust

**[00:41:22.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000764)  
of the people in our institutions.

**[00:41:23.960] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-000765)  
Yun lamang po. Maraming salamat.

**[00:41:25.620] John Castillo** (asr-000766)  
Thank you very much for that thorough

**[00:41:28.680] John Castillo** (asr-000767)  
inputs or assessments.

**[00:41:30.680] John Castillo** (asr-000768)  
As we continue

**[00:41:32.680] John Castillo** (asr-000769)  
to examine the 2027

**[00:41:34.680] John Castillo** (asr-000770)  
national budget from

**[00:41:36.680] John Castillo** (asr-000771)  
the standpoint of

**[00:41:38.680] John Castillo** (asr-000772)  
economic policies,

**[00:41:40.680] John Castillo** (asr-000773)  
we may now call

**[00:41:42.680] John Castillo** (asr-000774)  
the representative from the Makati

**[00:41:44.680] John Castillo** (asr-000775)  
Business Club.

**[00:41:46.680] John Castillo** (asr-000776)  
Ms. Eunice Tanilon.

**[00:41:48.680] John Castillo** (asr-000777)  
Thank you.

**[00:41:52.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000778)  
Hello. Good morning.

**[00:41:54.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000779)  
Abbot Garcia and of course the panel.

**[00:41:56.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000780)  
Thank you so much. This is our second

**[00:41:58.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000781)  
time around and we're glad that this is

**[00:42:00.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000782)  
happening again and we have space to have

**[00:42:02.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000783)  
a dialogue on the budget.

**[00:42:04.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000784)  
So once again, I'm Eunice Tanilon.

**[00:42:06.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000785)  
I'm the governance and sustainability lead

**[00:42:08.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000786)  
of Makati Business Club. Just for the

**[00:42:10.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000787)  
reference of the room, MBC is

**[00:42:12.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000788)  
an industry association of 400

**[00:42:14.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000789)  
of the largest companies in the

**[00:42:16.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000790)  
country. Our membership base is mostly

**[00:42:18.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000791)  
CEOs.

**[00:42:20.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000792)  
I'm here on behalf of our executive director,

**[00:42:22.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000793)  
Julia Abad, and of course our trustees.

**[00:42:24.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000794)  
To clarify,

**[00:42:26.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000795)  
business's voice here in the budget,

**[00:42:28.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000796)  
we're not asking for a bigger

**[00:42:30.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000797)  
share of anything. Business

**[00:42:32.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000798)  
is a user of what the budget buys.

**[00:42:34.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000799)  
Power, roads, ports,

**[00:42:36.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000800)  
skills, and a

**[00:42:38.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000801)  
working regulatory front desk.

**[00:42:40.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000802)  
We believe that governance is an

**[00:42:42.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000803)  
economic issue for us.

**[00:42:44.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000804)  
I think for some comments on

**[00:42:46.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000805)  
the economy, so

**[00:42:48.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000806)  
2.6%

**[00:42:50.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000807)  
in the first half, the weakest outside

**[00:42:52.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000808)  
the pandemic since 2009.

**[00:42:54.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000809)  
The DBCC has already

**[00:42:56.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000810)  
lowered its target once and

**[00:42:58.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000811)  
we really hope they're right. But the

**[00:43:00.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000812)  
second half now has hit to 4.4%

**[00:43:02.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000813)  
just to reach the bottom

**[00:43:04.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000814)  
of that range. Debt now

**[00:43:06.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000815)  
stands at 66%

**[00:43:08.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000816)  
of GDP. The government's own

**[00:43:10.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000817)  
fiscal program set it at 56.6%.

**[00:43:12.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000818)  
That's nearly 10 points

**[00:43:14.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000819)  
higher than initially planned.

**[00:43:16.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000820)  
And every point is money

**[00:43:18.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000821)  
that goes to interest instead of

**[00:43:20.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000822)  
roads, classrooms,

**[00:43:22.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000823)  
or hospitals. The deficit

**[00:43:24.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000824)  
is at 5.5% of GDP

**[00:43:26.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000825)  
against a target of 3.5, which

**[00:43:28.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000826)  
means we are borrowing more

**[00:43:30.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000827)  
than we said we would to fund a

**[00:43:32.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000828)  
budget that might be delivering

**[00:43:34.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000829)  
less than it promised. So

**[00:43:36.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000830)  
we really want to be able to clarify

**[00:43:38.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000831)  
with these moving

**[00:43:40.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000832)  
targets if we're asking Congress

**[00:43:42.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000833)  
to be able to assess

**[00:43:44.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000834)  
given the, in light of the

**[00:43:46.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000835)  
new, with the performance of our

**[00:43:48.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000836)  
economy right now.

**[00:43:50.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000837)  
So we're really not here to score a point.

**[00:43:52.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000838)  
Public spending is an engine of this

**[00:43:54.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000839)  
economy and when it stalls, business

**[00:43:56.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000840)  
stalls with it.

**[00:43:58.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000841)  
So our two ask is really to help government

**[00:44:00.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000842)  
catch up on spending that's already funded

**[00:44:02.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000843)  
and hold our economic

**[00:44:04.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000844)  
managers to the numbers that

**[00:44:06.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000845)  
they set. One process,

**[00:44:08.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000846)  
we really hope for transparency

**[00:44:10.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000847)  
before the money moves,

**[00:44:12.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000848)  
not after. So we really want to be

**[00:44:14.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000849)  
able to see published criteria,

**[00:44:16.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000850)  
beneficiary lists,

**[00:44:18.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000851)  
and scores before

**[00:44:20.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000852)  
release. Especially at the project level,

**[00:44:22.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000853)  
this is very important for

**[00:44:24.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000854)  
businesses, especially for assessing

**[00:44:26.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000855)  
execution risk and

**[00:44:28.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000856)  
execution planning.

**[00:44:30.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000857)  
We also want

**[00:44:32.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000858)  
to call to pass FOI into law

**[00:44:34.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000859)  
as part of the broad

**[00:44:36.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000860)  
process transparency

**[00:44:38.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000861)  
reforms. So MBC

**[00:44:40.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000862)  
stands ready to convene the private sector

**[00:44:42.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000863)  
and be a partner with government

**[00:44:44.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000864)  
for progress as the leading private

**[00:44:46.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000865)  
sector voice across broad coalitions.

**[00:44:48.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000866)  
We are guided by our core

**[00:44:50.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000867)  
belief that better governance creates a

**[00:44:52.090] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-000868)  
better environment for business. Thank you.

**[00:44:54.090] John Castillo** (asr-000869)  
Thank you for your

**[00:44:56.090] John Castillo** (asr-000870)  
inputs from the Makati Business

**[00:44:58.090] John Castillo** (asr-000871)  
Club. There have been

**[00:44:59.860] John Castillo** (asr-000872)  
issues raised on

**[00:45:01.980] John Castillo** (asr-000873)  
LGSF, the tests

**[00:45:04.360] John Castillo** (asr-000874)  
for meaningful participation

**[00:45:06.080] John Castillo** (asr-000875)  
already for the NTF-ELCAC

**[00:45:08.460] John Castillo** (asr-000876)  
budget. The PBC

**[00:45:10.140] John Castillo** (asr-000877)  
also raised about the issues on

**[00:45:11.980] John Castillo** (asr-000878)  
NTA, debt interest services,

**[00:45:14.240] John Castillo** (asr-000879)  
and of course the people-centered budget.

**[00:45:16.480] John Castillo** (asr-000880)  
Yun yung mga common trend na nakikita natin.

**[00:45:18.860] John Castillo** (asr-000881)  
And the 6% budget

**[00:45:20.600] John Castillo** (asr-000882)  
which is not

**[00:45:21.940] John Castillo** (asr-000883)  
tantamount

**[00:45:23.740] John Castillo** (asr-000884)  
to the decreases and increases

**[00:45:26.380] John Castillo** (asr-000885)  
in some other agencies.

**[00:45:27.880] John Castillo** (asr-000886)  
Of course, the importance

**[00:45:30.060] John Castillo** (asr-000887)  
of infrastructure

**[00:45:31.220] John Castillo** (asr-000888)  
and rules-based

**[00:45:33.700] John Castillo** (asr-000889)  
budgeting which should not

**[00:45:35.820] John Castillo** (asr-000890)  
be a business as usual

**[00:45:37.440] John Castillo** (asr-000891)  
should reflect

**[00:45:39.560] John Castillo** (asr-000892)  
the crisis.

**[00:45:42.860] John Castillo** (asr-000893)  
And of course, the

**[00:45:43.720] John Castillo** (asr-000894)  
Makati Business Club would really want to

**[00:45:45.880] John Castillo** (asr-000895)  
highlight the role of businesses in

**[00:45:47.680] John Castillo** (asr-000896)  
economic development which

**[00:45:49.740] John Castillo** (asr-000897)  
asks for target

**[00:45:52.040] John Castillo** (asr-000898)  
evaluation for

**[00:45:53.920] John Castillo** (asr-000899)  
economic performance, catch-up

**[00:45:55.960] John Castillo** (asr-000900)  
policies, and transparency.

**[00:45:57.440] John Castillo** (asr-000901)  
Now, we move to

**[00:45:59.440] John Castillo** (asr-000902)  
another representative

**[00:46:01.340] John Castillo** (asr-000903)  
from IBON Foundation

**[00:46:03.020] John Castillo** (asr-000904)  
to share their concerns or insights.

**[00:46:05.620] John Castillo** (asr-000905)  
Thank you.

**[00:46:08.880] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000906)  
Yes, good morning po.

**[00:46:11.380] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000907)  
Thank you po for the opportunity.

**[00:46:14.140] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000908)  
I understand pangalawa po

**[00:46:15.820] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000909)  
ito sa session ng mga

**[00:46:17.620] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000910)  
People's Budget Review. And actually,

**[00:46:20.080] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000911)  
nabanggit na actually din ng

**[00:46:21.300] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000912)  
People's Budget Coalition yung medyo concerns

**[00:46:23.560] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000913)  
din ng IBON Foundation.

**[00:46:25.760] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000914)  
Yung 2027

**[00:46:27.360] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000915)  
budget is

**[00:46:28.400] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000916)  
medyo nagiging obvious yung

**[00:46:31.000] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000917)  
pagbaba talaga for social services

**[00:46:33.000] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000918)  
especially

**[00:46:33.560] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000919)  
for those na

**[00:46:36.540] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000920)  
yung sa education, sa health,

**[00:46:39.440] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000921)  
etc., etc. Pero

**[00:46:40.480] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000922)  
sa particular po, hindi ko kasi nabanggit

**[00:46:43.120] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000923)  
kanina dun sa agriculture

**[00:46:45.040] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000924)  
pero as we prepare

**[00:46:47.180] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000925)  
for El Nino kasi,

**[00:46:49.000] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000926)  
medyo bumaba yung target for

**[00:46:51.080] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000927)  
NIA na about

**[00:46:53.100] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000928)  
26% yata yung binaba niya.

**[00:46:55.120] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000929)  
So, medyo na-flag namin yung

**[00:46:56.940] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000930)  
nasa concern sa amin.

**[00:46:58.400] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000931)  
Tapos po, yun nga,

**[00:47:01.000] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000932)  
yung fiscal framework natin ngayon

**[00:47:03.080] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000933)  
medyo same-same old.

**[00:47:05.240] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000934)  
Tapos, yung

**[00:47:07.040] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000935)  
pagka-core talaga sana ng

**[00:47:08.560] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000936)  
people's budgeting and people-centered

**[00:47:10.780] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000937)  
ay sana ma-uplift natin

**[00:47:13.240] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000938)  
yung talagang core na mga

**[00:47:15.140] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000939)  
sectors like agriculture

**[00:47:17.260] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000940)  
and industry kasi

**[00:47:18.460] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000941)  
as it is said kanina,

**[00:47:21.600] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000942)  
medyo kailangan talaga siyang

**[00:47:22.840] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000943)  
bigyan ng budgeting ngayon.

**[00:47:24.340] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000944)  
And with the

**[00:47:27.180] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000945)  
core,

**[00:47:28.400] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000946)  
departments having about

**[00:47:30.980] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000947)  
7 to 8% na decrease,

**[00:47:33.260] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000948)  
medyo flag siya sa amin.

**[00:47:35.920] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000949)  
So, mas ganun lang naman po.

**[00:47:37.900] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000950)  
And siguro,

**[00:47:39.200] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000951)  
reiterate ko lang din yung at least

**[00:47:40.900] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000952)  
sa part ng IBON, yung

**[00:47:43.100] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000953)  
dun sa Department of

**[00:47:45.360] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000954)  
Public Works and Highways,

**[00:47:47.120] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000955)  
yung at least specificity

**[00:47:49.240] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000956)  
sana ng

**[00:47:50.800] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000957)  
yung kung gaano

**[00:47:53.260] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000958)  
kahaba yung road networks

**[00:47:54.740] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000959)  
para at least kahit paano

**[00:47:56.080] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000960)  
ma-

**[00:47:58.400] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000961)  
audit or at least makita kung

**[00:48:00.400] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000962)  
sumasapat ba or hindi yung

**[00:48:02.580] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000963)  
budget for those.

**[00:48:04.980] IBON Foundation Representative Archilles Parallon** (asr-000964)  
So, yun lang naman po.

**[00:48:06.080] John Castillo** (asr-000965)  
Thank you, Sir Mr. Parallon

**[00:48:08.880] John Castillo** (asr-000966)  
from IBON Foundation.

**[00:48:10.400] John Castillo** (asr-000967)  
At this point, we now open the floor

**[00:48:12.600] John Castillo** (asr-000968)  
for feedback from our panelists

**[00:48:14.720] John Castillo** (asr-000969)  
from the Senior Vice Chair and other

**[00:48:16.920] John Castillo** (asr-000970)  
Vice Chairpersons. Thank you.

**[00:48:19.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000971)  
Thank you.

**[00:48:21.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000972)  
First, I'll tackle the

**[00:48:22.820] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000973)  
LGSF.

**[00:48:24.280] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000974)  
Kasi ang akala po nila ang LGSF

**[00:48:27.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000975)  
is sa

**[00:48:27.560] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000976)  
ang

**[00:48:28.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000977)  
nag-implement is DILG.

**[00:48:30.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000978)  
So, hindi po sila nag-implement

**[00:48:33.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000979)  
ng LGSF.

**[00:48:36.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000980)  
Ang trabaho po ng

**[00:48:37.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000981)  
DILG is to supervise

**[00:48:39.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000982)  
yung implementation

**[00:48:41.200] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000983)  
ng local government unit.

**[00:48:43.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000984)  
And ang LGUs po,

**[00:48:45.280] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000985)  
kasama ang barangay, munisipyo,

**[00:48:47.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000986)  
direkta po sila na

**[00:48:49.080] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000987)  
humihingi sa portal ng

**[00:48:50.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000988)  
DBM.

**[00:48:52.360] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000989)  
But I agree na dapat po

**[00:48:55.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000990)  
may transparency.

**[00:48:57.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000991)  
And I think,

**[00:48:58.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000992)  
safeguard.

**[00:48:59.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000993)  
And luckily, magaling po ang ating

**[00:49:02.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000994)  
Senior Vice Chair. May bill po siya

**[00:49:04.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000995)  
about meritocracy.

**[00:49:06.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000996)  
So, kung magaling na LGU,

**[00:49:09.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000997)  
bigyan na mas malaki.

**[00:49:11.400] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000998)  
So, isa po yun sa

**[00:49:13.320] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-000999)  
nakikita natin na pwede pong gawin

**[00:49:16.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001000)  
sa kagalingan po ni

**[00:49:18.560] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001001)  
Senior Vice Chair

**[00:49:20.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001002)  
Abet, di po sa pambabola.

**[00:49:22.360] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001003)  
Dahil nag-mayor po ako,

**[00:49:24.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001004)  
nag-mayor rin po siya,

**[00:49:25.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001005)  
nag-governor. So, alam po namin yung

**[00:49:28.180] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001006)  
nangyayari sa LGUs.

**[00:49:30.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001007)  
But, pinaka-importante sa

**[00:49:32.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001008)  
LGSF is, even sa

**[00:49:34.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001009)  
national, I think this should be

**[00:49:36.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001010)  
data-driven. Even our

**[00:49:38.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001011)  
programs.

**[00:49:40.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001012)  
Like, in our district,

**[00:49:42.620] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001013)  
we focus on, we call it

**[00:49:44.640] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001014)  
HEWI.

**[00:49:46.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001015)  
Health, Age for Health,

**[00:49:48.240] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001016)  
Education, Electrification,

**[00:49:50.500] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001017)  
Water, and Infrastructure.

**[00:49:53.080] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001018)  
But, when I became mayor,

**[00:49:54.500] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001019)  
nilagyan ko pa ng HEWIL.

**[00:49:57.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001020)  
Kasi, pag na-complete,

**[00:49:58.180] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001021)  
makikita mo yun, yung basic services,

**[00:50:00.240] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001022)  
pagkakaroon ka ng livelihood.

**[00:50:02.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001023)  
Okay? And I think,

**[00:50:04.140] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001024)  
dapat, yung ating

**[00:50:05.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001025)  
paggawa ng

**[00:50:08.080] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001026)  
programa, paggawa

**[00:50:10.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001027)  
ng developmental plan,

**[00:50:12.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001028)  
dapat, galing po sa baba.

**[00:50:14.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001029)  
Kasi, may budget ang

**[00:50:16.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001030)  
barangay, may budget ang

**[00:50:18.340] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001031)  
munisipyo, may budget

**[00:50:20.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001032)  
ang probinsya, may budget sa

**[00:50:22.300] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001033)  
national government.

**[00:50:24.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001034)  
So, parang walang duplication.

**[00:50:25.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001035)  
So, what we do,

**[00:50:27.860] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001036)  
well,

**[00:50:28.180] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001037)  
this is my practice,

**[00:50:30.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001038)  
every time may bago pong

**[00:50:32.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001039)  
mga barangay captain, I do

**[00:50:34.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001040)  
a caravan. That's me.

**[00:50:35.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001041)  
Kasi, gusto kong makuha yung

**[00:50:37.880] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001042)  
data galing mismo sa kanila.

**[00:50:40.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001043)  
And even po yung

**[00:50:41.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001044)  
sa CSO,

**[00:50:44.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001045)  
actually po, may

**[00:50:45.240] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001046)  
budget din po ang

**[00:50:47.640] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001047)  
DILG para po sa

**[00:50:50.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001048)  
mga CSO na

**[00:50:51.860] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001049)  
pwede pong mag-supervise

**[00:50:53.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001050)  
nung nakukuha natin sa

**[00:50:55.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001051)  
LGSF. So,

**[00:50:57.120] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001052)  
ang DILG po ay

**[00:50:59.280] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001053)  
bawat munisipyo,

**[00:51:01.320] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001054)  
meron po silang mga

**[00:51:02.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001055)  
officers, no? So, but

**[00:51:05.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001056)  
I think you have to be recognized

**[00:51:06.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001057)  
also, ng

**[00:51:08.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001058)  
munisipyo as the CSO.

**[00:51:11.940] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001059)  
So, hindi po pwede na

**[00:51:13.220] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001060)  
parket gumawa kayo ng CSO,

**[00:51:15.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001061)  
kailangan po mag-register din po kayo

**[00:51:17.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001062)  
sa mga munisipyo po

**[00:51:18.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001063)  
natin, no? Para po

**[00:51:20.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001064)  
malaman na

**[00:51:23.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001065)  
kayo po talaga yung tunay na

**[00:51:24.880] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001066)  
reestrado at maasa na

**[00:51:26.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001067)  
tumulong para bantayan ng ating

**[00:51:28.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001068)  
pong mga proyekto. That's why

**[00:51:30.840] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001069)  
napaka-importante po itong

**[00:51:32.980] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001070)  
ginagawa natin itong dialogue na ito

**[00:51:34.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001071)  
para naiintindihan nyo rin po

**[00:51:36.460] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001072)  
kung ano po yung pinagagalingan namin

**[00:51:38.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001073)  
and kung ano rin po yung ginagawa

**[00:51:40.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001074)  
ng Kongreso. Kasi pagdating

**[00:51:42.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001075)  
po sa LGSF, wala

**[00:51:44.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001076)  
po kami dyan. Ang

**[00:51:46.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001077)  
local government, isa, direkta na po

**[00:51:48.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001078)  
yan sa DBM. But, the

**[00:51:50.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001079)  
thrust of the government is to empower

**[00:51:53.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001080)  
our local government

**[00:51:54.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001081)  
units. Okay? And,

**[00:51:56.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001082)  
pagdating rin po sa

**[00:51:58.820] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001083)  
ELCAC,

**[00:52:00.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001084)  
first of all, I'm against red-tagging.

**[00:52:03.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001085)  
Okay? But,

**[00:52:04.620] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001086)  
NTF-ELCAC is very important

**[00:52:06.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001087)  
because I think

**[00:52:08.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001088)  
yung communism,

**[00:52:11.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001089)  
this is a social problem.

**[00:52:13.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001090)  
Okay? When you address

**[00:52:15.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001091)  
the problem socially,

**[00:52:17.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001092)  
like building roads

**[00:52:18.500] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001093)  
sa mga farthest barangay, sa mga bukid,

**[00:52:21.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001094)  
sa coastal, isla,

**[00:52:23.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001095)  
if you build roads,

**[00:52:24.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001096)  
if you build schools,

**[00:52:26.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001097)  
water, electricity,

**[00:52:30.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001098)  
infra,

**[00:52:31.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001099)  
then you solve the social problem.

**[00:52:34.240] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001100)  
So, wala na pong mamumundok.

**[00:52:36.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001101)  
Ano po? Dahil kami

**[00:52:37.840] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001102)  
naman po, bilang

**[00:52:39.460] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001103)  
public servant,

**[00:52:41.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001104)  
gusto po natin na

**[00:52:43.340] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001105)  
pinaka-importante sa atin ang peace and order.

**[00:52:46.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001106)  
Ayaw po natin na

**[00:52:47.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001107)  
nagkakaroon ng barila ng

**[00:52:49.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001108)  
Pilipino sa Pilipino.

**[00:52:51.980] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001109)  
Kundi gusto natin, nagtutulungan

**[00:52:53.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001110)  
po siguro po sila.

**[00:52:55.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001111)  
Ano po? So, yun na po,

**[00:52:56.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001112)  
yung important sa akin

**[00:52:59.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001113)  
nung NTF-ELCAC,

**[00:53:00.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001114)  
dahil ina-address po talaga

**[00:53:02.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001115)  
yung pinaka, yung may

**[00:53:04.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001116)  
insurgency problem,

**[00:53:06.340] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001117)  
pag na-develop po po yung

**[00:53:07.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001118)  
skwelahan, kuryente,

**[00:53:11.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001119)  
tubig, daan,

**[00:53:13.100] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001120)  
at kabuhayan,

**[00:53:14.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001121)  
wala na po tayong magiging problema,

**[00:53:16.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001122)  
lalo na sa insurgency.

**[00:53:18.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001123)  
And dahil po dito, kung maganda po yung

**[00:53:20.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001124)  
peace and order po natin,

**[00:53:22.200] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001125)  
napakaganda po ng Pilipinas.

**[00:53:24.460] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001126)  
Um,

**[00:53:26.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001127)  
actually,

**[00:53:28.640] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001128)  
tourist areas natin,

**[00:53:30.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001129)  
napakaganda, but we need to develop it.

**[00:53:33.460] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001130)  
No? So, dun rin po tayo

**[00:53:35.640] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001131)  
papunta.

**[00:53:36.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001132)  
Okay? So, I appreciate, ma'am,

**[00:53:39.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001133)  
the questions,

**[00:53:40.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001134)  
the suggestions. Actually,

**[00:53:42.820] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001135)  
kahit ako rin po, hindi ko rin po alam

**[00:53:44.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001136)  
kung paano ina-approve

**[00:53:46.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001137)  
ng DBM, kung sino po

**[00:53:49.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001138)  
yung bibigyan

**[00:53:49.940] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001139)  
ng LGSF. But,

**[00:53:52.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001140)  
with that, we can ask them

**[00:53:54.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001141)  
ano ba yung criteria

**[00:53:56.460] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001142)  
para po mas maging transparent po

**[00:53:58.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001143)  
tayo? Kasi nagtatanong rin po

**[00:54:00.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001144)  
yung aking mga barangay,

**[00:54:02.360] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001145)  
nagtatanong rin po yung aming mga

**[00:54:04.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001146)  
mayor, paano ba pag-approve

**[00:54:06.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001147)  
dito? Pero kung transparent, transparent

**[00:54:08.320] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001148)  
na ba po? Kasi may portal po sila.

**[00:54:10.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001149)  
But, in terms of approval,

**[00:54:12.940] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001150)  
I think we need to improve,

**[00:54:14.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001151)  
no? So, I support the bill

**[00:54:16.520] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001152)  
of SVC

**[00:54:18.120] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001153)  
for meritocracy na pwedeng

**[00:54:20.400] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001154)  
i-apply po sa LGSF.

**[00:54:22.380] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001155)  
Thank you po.

**[00:54:22.780] John Castillo** (asr-001155-split-2)  
Thank you, Congressman

**[00:54:24.440] John Castillo** (asr-001156)  
Arnie, for those insights.

**[00:54:26.460] John Castillo** (asr-001157)  
Any other feedback

**[00:54:28.040] John Castillo** (asr-001158)  
for our observations?

**[00:54:32.020] John Castillo** (asr-001159)  
SVC

**[00:54:32.660] John Castillo** (asr-001160)  
Chair?

**[00:54:34.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001161)  
Thank you very much.

**[00:54:37.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001162)  
Maraming salamat din

**[00:54:38.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001163)  
kay Vice Chair Arnie for

**[00:54:40.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001164)  
supporting the bill on

**[00:54:42.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001165)  
meritocracy. Dun po sa

**[00:54:44.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001166)  
hindi pa

**[00:54:45.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001167)  
hindi pa

**[00:54:48.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001168)  
nakikita itong bill na ito,

**[00:54:50.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001169)  
it is something worth

**[00:54:52.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001170)  
looking into.

**[00:54:55.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001171)  
That's a lot of work.

**[00:54:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001172)  
Dahil it will

**[00:54:58.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001173)  
really incentivize

**[00:55:00.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001174)  
good performance.

**[00:55:02.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001175)  
Sa Makati Business Club,

**[00:55:04.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001176)  
every time I present this to

**[00:55:06.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001177)  
the private sector, especially yung mga

**[00:55:08.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001178)  
companies sa Makati

**[00:55:10.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001179)  
Business Club na very, very successful,

**[00:55:13.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001180)  
I am sure

**[00:55:14.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001181)  
they won't reach

**[00:55:16.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001182)  
that level kung

**[00:55:18.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001183)  
wala silang system of meritocracy

**[00:55:20.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001184)  
in their organization.

**[00:55:22.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001185)  
For sure, they

**[00:55:24.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001186)  
reward good performance, kaya lumagod

**[00:55:26.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001187)  
ko yung kanilang kumpanya.

**[00:55:28.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001188)  
But in government,

**[00:55:30.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001189)  
hindi masyadong malinaw ito.

**[00:55:32.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001190)  
As we may feel

**[00:55:33.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001191)  
and we can see, na

**[00:55:35.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001192)  
palaging nandyan yung question

**[00:55:37.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001193)  
ng

**[00:55:38.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001194)  
fragmented government

**[00:55:42.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001195)  
from the national, regional

**[00:55:44.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001196)  
and local. And that

**[00:55:46.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001197)  
contributes to the inefficiencies

**[00:55:48.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001198)  
that we feel

**[00:55:50.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001199)  
and we see at the moment.

**[00:55:52.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001200)  
So, itong meritocracy

**[00:55:54.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001201)  
is meant to

**[00:55:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001202)  
address that,

**[00:55:59.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001203)  
address the

**[00:56:00.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001204)  
sins of commission,

**[00:56:03.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001205)  
which is corruption,

**[00:56:05.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001206)  
and sins of omission,

**[00:56:07.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001207)  
which is lack of

**[00:56:08.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001208)  
performance in a proactive

**[00:56:11.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001209)  
manner, in context

**[00:56:13.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001210)  
from barangay,

**[00:56:15.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001211)  
municipality,

**[00:56:17.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001212)  
city, congressional

**[00:56:18.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001213)  
district, aggregated

**[00:56:21.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001214)  
sa province, region, and

**[00:56:22.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001215)  
national. So,

**[00:56:24.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001216)  
kapag dun po natin,

**[00:56:26.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001217)  
nilagay yung national

**[00:56:28.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001218)  
budget, aggregated and

**[00:56:30.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001219)  
disaggregated, then mas

**[00:56:32.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001220)  
transparent, mas detailed,

**[00:56:35.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001221)  
mas accountable, at

**[00:56:36.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001222)  
pwedeng gawing demand-driven

**[00:56:38.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001223)  
and data-driven. From the

**[00:56:40.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001224)  
ground up, yung sinasabi ni

**[00:56:42.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001225)  
Vice Chair Arnie na

**[00:56:44.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001226)  
bottom-up budgeting

**[00:56:46.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001227)  
na demand-driven and

**[00:56:48.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001228)  
data-driven. So,

**[00:56:50.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001229)  
yun po ay dumadaan

**[00:56:52.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001230)  
na po sa ating legislative

**[00:56:54.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001231)  
process.

**[00:56:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001232)  
And hopefully, ma-approve

**[00:56:58.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001233)  
ng ating

**[00:56:59.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001234)  
the committee, and

**[00:57:02.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001235)  
eventually, sa second reading

**[00:57:04.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001236)  
at hanggang maging third reading,

**[00:57:06.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001237)  
meron na rin pong counterpart

**[00:57:08.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001238)  
bill ito sa Senate.

**[00:57:10.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001239)  
And by the way, ang nag-chair po ng

**[00:57:12.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001240)  
TWG nito, I know other than

**[00:57:14.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001241)  
Vice Chair Monique,

**[00:57:17.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001242)  
na talagang

**[00:57:17.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001243)  
hinimay-himay with all

**[00:57:20.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001244)  
the national agencies

**[00:57:21.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001245)  
and representatives

**[00:57:24.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001246)  
from the League of

**[00:57:26.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001247)  
Local Governments. Nang sa ganun, we can

**[00:57:28.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001248)  
come up with a very relevant

**[00:57:30.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001249)  
and effective meritocracy

**[00:57:32.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001250)  
bill. So, eventually,

**[00:57:34.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001251)  
yung ating national budget,

**[00:57:37.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001252)  
kapag napasa ito,

**[00:57:38.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001253)  
in its version,

**[00:57:40.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001254)  
for the first time,

**[00:57:43.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001255)  
number one, magkakaroon

**[00:57:44.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001256)  
tayo ng

**[00:57:45.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001257)  
isang bottom line,

**[00:57:49.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001258)  
which we

**[00:57:50.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001259)  
call

**[00:57:54.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001260)  
HDI++.

**[00:57:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001261)  
Ginawa po nating

**[00:57:58.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001262)  
mathematical equation

**[00:58:00.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001263)  
yung ambition natin

**[00:58:02.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001264)  
2040,

**[00:58:04.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001265)  
which is the national vision.

**[00:58:06.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001266)  
Of course, very abstract,

**[00:58:08.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001267)  
very lofty

**[00:58:09.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001268)  
vision.

**[00:58:12.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001269)  
Ginawa nating something that is

**[00:58:14.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001270)  
since mathematical equation siya,

**[00:58:16.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001271)  
something that is measurable,

**[00:58:19.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001272)  
something that can be

**[00:58:20.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001273)  
measured

**[00:58:22.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001274)  
and managed in context.

**[00:58:25.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001275)  
So,

**[00:58:26.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001276)  
imagine 42,000

**[00:58:28.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001277)  
baranggays participating

**[00:58:30.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001278)  
in moving forward

**[00:58:32.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001279)  
our national vision

**[00:58:34.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001280)  
and being rewarded

**[00:58:36.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001281)  
as they

**[00:58:38.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001282)  
accomplish

**[00:58:40.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001283)  
the targets.

**[00:58:43.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001284)  
Imagine that.

**[00:58:44.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001285)  
So, for the first time,

**[00:58:46.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001286)  
on the same page,

**[00:58:49.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001287)  
national government, regional government,

**[00:58:51.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001288)  
all local government entities

**[00:58:53.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001289)  
geared towards

**[00:58:55.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001290)  
a single,

**[00:58:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001291)  
bottom line.

**[00:58:57.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001292)  
So, eventually,

**[00:58:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001293)  
yung LGSF,

**[00:59:00.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001294)  
na, syempre, ngayon,

**[00:59:01.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001295)  
we're in crisis,

**[00:59:02.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001296)  
talagang lahat ng LGUs

**[00:59:04.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001297)  
tinutulungan.

**[00:59:05.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001298)  
Whether hard projects

**[00:59:06.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001299)  
or soft projects,

**[00:59:08.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001300)  
mga bigas

**[00:59:10.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001301)  
and other financial assistance,

**[00:59:12.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001302)  
other infra na kailangan,

**[00:59:14.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001303)  
dahil we're in crisis.

**[00:59:16.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001304)  
Pero,

**[00:59:16.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001305)  
kapag nalampasan na po natin

**[00:59:18.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001306)  
itong crisis na ito,

**[00:59:19.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001307)  
gusto natin na hindi na

**[00:59:21.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001308)  
shotgun approach.

**[00:59:22.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001309)  
Gusto natin na

**[00:59:23.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001310)  
performance-based.

**[00:59:25.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001311)  
Para,

**[00:59:25.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001312)  
yung magagagap,

**[00:59:26.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001313)  
magagaling

**[00:59:26.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001314)  
na mga LGUs,

**[00:59:28.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001315)  
mahila yung hindi masyadong magagaling

**[00:59:31.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001316)  
pataas.

**[00:59:32.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001317)  
As opposed to,

**[00:59:33.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001318)  
kung wala kang

**[00:59:34.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001319)  
system of meritocracy

**[00:59:37.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001320)  
and you don't incentivize

**[00:59:39.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001321)  
good performance,

**[00:59:40.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001322)  
yung mga hindi magagaling

**[00:59:41.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001323)  
at palakasan lang yung sistema,

**[00:59:44.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001324)  
ihilahin yung mga magagaling na LGUs

**[00:59:46.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001325)  
pababa.

**[00:59:48.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001326)  
And, because the system

**[00:59:49.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001327)  
doesn't contribute

**[00:59:51.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001328)  
to a

**[00:59:52.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001329)  
performance-based

**[00:59:56.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001330)  
metrics.

**[00:59:57.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001331)  
So,

**[00:59:58.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001332)  
pag ganun,

**[00:59:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001333)  
pag hinihila pababa,

**[01:00:00.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001334)  
ano na mangyayari sa ating bansa

**[01:00:02.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001335)  
since all LGUs are components

**[01:00:05.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001336)  
of the national government.

**[01:00:07.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001337)  
So, gusto natin i-reverse

**[01:00:09.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001338)  
yung trend

**[01:00:10.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001339)  
with this

**[01:00:11.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001340)  
measure or bill

**[01:00:14.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001341)  
and

**[01:00:15.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001342)  
pag nalampasan na natin itong

**[01:00:18.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001343)  
crisis, hopefully, yun yung maging

**[01:00:20.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001344)  
norm in the future

**[01:00:22.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001345)  
and we professionalize

**[01:00:24.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001346)  
public service.

**[01:00:27.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001347)  
Yun po yung gusto natin.

**[01:00:28.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001348)  
Para we attract more

**[01:00:30.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001349)  
public servants

**[01:00:34.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001350)  
that are

**[01:00:35.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001351)  
skilled

**[01:00:38.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001352)  
to perform.

**[01:00:40.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001353)  
Hindi na puro optics, hindi na puro politika,

**[01:00:43.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001354)  
hindi na puro drama,

**[01:00:44.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001355)  
but based on performance

**[01:00:46.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001356)  
talaga. And I think

**[01:00:48.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001357)  
if that happens, makikita natin

**[01:00:50.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001358)  
umangat yung unti-unti

**[01:00:52.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001359)  
yung ating bansa

**[01:00:54.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001360)  
from the barangays,

**[01:00:55.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001361)  
from the municipalities,

**[01:00:57.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001362)  
from the cities, congressional

**[01:00:59.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001363)  
districts, provinces,

**[01:01:02.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001364)  
regions,

**[01:01:03.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001365)  
aggregated sa national.

**[01:01:06.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001366)  
And on the same boat na.

**[01:01:08.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001367)  
Hindi na, hiwalay yung national,

**[01:01:09.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001368)  
hiwalay yung local, di ba?

**[01:01:11.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001369)  
Ngayon, on the same boat tayong lahat.

**[01:01:14.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001370)  
So, we are looking

**[01:01:15.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001371)  
forward to see that scenario

**[01:01:18.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001372)  
para hindi na po tayong

**[01:01:19.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001373)  
makahabol tayo

**[01:01:22.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001374)  
sa ating mga

**[01:01:23.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001375)  
ASEAN neighbors.

**[01:01:25.460] John Castillo** (asr-001376)  
Thank you very much,

**[01:01:26.960] John Castillo** (asr-001377)  
Senior Vice Chair Abbott.

**[01:01:28.840] John Castillo** (asr-001378)  
Additional feedback.

**[01:01:29.840] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001379)  
Can I add lang po, kasi

**[01:01:31.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001380)  
galit rin po ako sa red tagging talaga.

**[01:01:36.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001381)  
Nainis po ako dyan.

**[01:01:38.300] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001382)  
So, sa CSO lang po natin,

**[01:01:40.940] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001383)  
ang NAPOLCOM po

**[01:01:42.520] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001384)  
ay nakikinig po sa atin.

**[01:01:44.540] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001385)  
And in fact, si Commissioner po,

**[01:01:47.300] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001386)  
si Commissioner

**[01:01:48.980] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001387)  
is very well

**[01:01:50.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001388)  
performing. Actually,

**[01:01:52.520] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001389)  
4,000 cases,

**[01:01:54.400] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001390)  
backlog ng 25 years,

**[01:01:56.200] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001391)  
ngayon po,

**[01:01:56.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001392)  
zero na. Okay?

**[01:01:58.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001393)  
With a very small budget.

**[01:02:00.940] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001394)  
So, in the part of

**[01:02:02.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001395)  
the ILG, sa Kupulisan,

**[01:02:05.320] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001396)  
kung meron po kayong

**[01:02:06.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001397)  
alam na nagre-red tag,

**[01:02:09.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001398)  
kindly go directly

**[01:02:10.980] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001399)  
sa ating pong Commissioner,

**[01:02:12.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001400)  
Kalinisan. Sa pangalan pa lang,

**[01:02:15.280] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001401)  
malinis na. Okay?

**[01:02:16.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001402)  
So, nililinis po ang Kupulisan.

**[01:02:19.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001403)  
And actually, they have a very small

**[01:02:21.040] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001404)  
budget. And ironically,

**[01:02:23.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001405)  
ang office sila ay

**[01:02:24.840] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001406)  
nandun po sa loob ng PNP.

**[01:02:26.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001407)  
Gusto po nilang lumabas

**[01:02:28.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001408)  
dahil ang binabantayan nila

**[01:02:30.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001409)  
ang PNP. So, we

**[01:02:32.900] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001410)  
are looking into this. And may

**[01:02:34.860] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001411)  
mga kailangan din po sila.

**[01:02:37.120] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001412)  
That's why I'm

**[01:02:38.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001413)  
very supportive sa

**[01:02:40.800] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001414)  
NAPOLCOM. Because

**[01:02:42.500] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001415)  
they're doing a great job. Nakikita

**[01:02:45.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001416)  
po natin, action ka agad.

**[01:02:47.320] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001417)  
Pag may abuso,

**[01:02:49.300] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001418)  
tanggal po ka agad.

**[01:02:51.260] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001419)  
And I'm happy to say

**[01:02:53.080] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001420)  
na sa amin po,

**[01:02:55.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001421)  
meron pong

**[01:02:56.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001422)  
insidente, si Noly Mirana.

**[01:03:00.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001423)  
In the line of duty,

**[01:03:02.620] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001424)  
meron pong mentally incapacitated

**[01:03:04.720] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001425)  
na may hinostate yung family.

**[01:03:06.780] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001426)  
But apparently, amputated

**[01:03:08.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001427)  
na po yung left arm niya.

**[01:03:10.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001428)  
And PWD,

**[01:03:12.560] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001429)  
pag PWD ka pala,

**[01:03:14.360] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001430)  
minsan pinapa-optional retirement ka.

**[01:03:17.140] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001431)  
But supportive po ang

**[01:03:18.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001432)  
ating NAPOLCOM, supportive po ang

**[01:03:20.400] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001433)  
Chief PNP, dahil biniwis niya

**[01:03:22.520] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001434)  
ang kanyang buhay. Buhay po

**[01:03:24.580] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001435)  
yung tumaga sa

**[01:03:26.000] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001436)  
kanya, dahil mentally incapacitated

**[01:03:28.700] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001437)  
siya. So may mga ganun pong

**[01:03:30.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001438)  
situation. So, dinagdag ko

**[01:03:32.640] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001439)  
lang po yun. So, trust

**[01:03:34.300] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001440)  
the NAPOLCOM. At kung

**[01:03:36.600] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001441)  
hindi po sila maayos,

**[01:03:38.920] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001442)  
pwede pong isumbong sa Kongreso.

**[01:03:41.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001443)  
Dahil may oversight function

**[01:03:42.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001444)  
po kami. And pwede natin

**[01:03:44.660] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001445)  
investigate po sila.

**[01:03:46.420] John Castillo** (asr-001446)  
Thank you very much, Kong Arnie.

**[01:03:48.860] John Castillo** (asr-001447)  
Any other feedbacks? Because

**[01:03:50.460] John Castillo** (asr-001448)  
I hope we're all taking notes because those

**[01:03:52.520] John Castillo** (asr-001449)  
are very valuable insights from our

**[01:03:54.580] John Castillo** (asr-001450)  
SVC.

**[01:03:56.000] John Castillo** (asr-001451)  
Kong Abet and Kong Arnie.

**[01:03:58.120] John Castillo** (asr-001452)  
And we will now proceed.

**[01:04:00.180] John Castillo** (asr-001453)  
We will now proceed on

**[01:04:01.880] John Castillo** (asr-001454)  
higher education or education matters

**[01:04:04.200] John Castillo** (asr-001455)  
and then followed by transportation.

**[01:04:06.620] John Castillo** (asr-001456)  
And in this order, we will

**[01:04:08.320] John Castillo** (asr-001457)  
ask

**[01:04:09.320] John Castillo** (asr-001458)  
our CSOs to share

**[01:04:12.360] John Castillo** (asr-001459)  
their concerns or feedbacks

**[01:04:14.300] John Castillo** (asr-001460)  
or observation. First will be

**[01:04:16.320] John Castillo** (asr-001461)  
the Center for Youth Advocacy

**[01:04:18.320] John Castillo** (asr-001462)  
followed by Reed Foundation,

**[01:04:21.540] John Castillo** (asr-001463)  
InsightGov,

**[01:04:22.500] John Castillo** (asr-001464)  
and the Jesse Robredo Foundation.

**[01:04:25.120] John Castillo** (asr-001465)  
Thank you.

**[01:04:29.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001467)  
Magandang araw po sa ating lahat.

**[01:04:31.650] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001468)  
Ako po si John Lloyd Elsisura,

**[01:04:35.110] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001469)  
National Campaign Coordinator

**[01:04:36.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001470)  
ng Amplify Education Budget Initiative

**[01:04:38.950] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001471)  
ng Multiply Ed Philippines

**[01:04:40.850] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001472)  
from CIAN,

**[01:04:42.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001473)  
the only youth-led CSO na aktibong

**[01:04:44.790] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001474)  
nagmamonitor ng National

**[01:04:46.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001475)  
Education Budget. Sa pagsusuri

**[01:04:48.890] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001476)  
namin ng proposed

**[01:04:50.150] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001477)  
2027 Education Budget

**[01:04:52.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001478)  
or specifically sa DepEd

**[01:04:54.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001479)  
Budget, may malaking

**[01:04:55.710] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001480)  
kontradiksyon. Laging sinasabi

**[01:04:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001481)  
natin na gusto natin i-decentralized

**[01:05:00.950] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001482)  
ang DepEd. Pero sa nakita

**[01:05:02.730] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001483)  
namin, mas sinesentralized

**[01:05:04.690] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001484)  
pa nga yung budget nito

**[01:05:06.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001485)  
at ginagawang diskretionary. At tingin

**[01:05:08.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001486)  
namin, isa itong forma

**[01:05:09.970] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001487)  
ng patronage politics,

**[01:05:12.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001488)  
lalong-lalo na at paparating na ang eleksyon.

**[01:05:15.290] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001489)  
Hindi pwede yung nasa community

**[01:05:16.810] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001490)  
ang problema, pero nasa

**[01:05:18.550] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001491)  
central office, lagi

**[01:05:20.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001492)  
ang pera at desisyon.

**[01:05:22.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001493)  
Simulan natin sa mga zero.

**[01:05:24.670] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001494)  
Zero para sa Child Protection Program.

**[01:05:27.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001495)  
Zero na dedicated to the child protection program.

**[01:05:28.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001496)  
Zero na dedicated line para sa Last Mile Schools.

**[01:05:31.010] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001497)  
Zero para sa Aral Program.

**[01:05:33.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001498)  
Zero na malinaw na line item

**[01:05:35.650] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001499)  
para sa WASH in Schools

**[01:05:36.770] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001500)  
na dating may 500 million

**[01:05:38.290] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001501)  
noong 2026. Ngayon,

**[01:05:40.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001502)  
parang natunaw na lang ang

**[01:05:41.770] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001503)  
BEF or Basic Education Facilities

**[01:05:44.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001504)  
into 30.55

**[01:05:46.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001505)  
billion pesos na budget.

**[01:05:48.990] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001506)  
At kapag pinagsama-sama

**[01:05:51.130] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001507)  
yung mga critical programs

**[01:05:52.350] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001508)  
na nabanggit ko kanina sa isang

**[01:05:54.210] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001509)  
umbrella item,

**[01:05:56.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001510)  
ibig sabihin,

**[01:05:57.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001511)  
pinagsama ito sa

**[01:05:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001512)  
BEF, sa ilalim ng BEF,

**[01:06:00.190] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001513)  
mahirap po para sa amin

**[01:06:01.930] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001514)  
mga citizens monitoring

**[01:06:04.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001515)  
na mamonitor kung magkano

**[01:06:06.330] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001516)  
nga ba talaga ang pera para sa

**[01:06:07.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001517)  
classrooms, pera para sa Last Mile

**[01:06:10.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001518)  
Schools, pera para sa wash

**[01:06:12.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001519)  
at sa iba pang mga items

**[01:06:14.330] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001520)  
na in-umbrella sa

**[01:06:15.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001521)  
BEF. At sa mga classrooms

**[01:06:18.070] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001522)  
mismo, mula sa 85.4

**[01:06:20.170] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001523)  
billion noong 2026 ga

**[01:06:21.990] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001524)  
ang BEF

**[01:06:24.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001525)  
ay naging 30.55

**[01:06:26.050] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001526)  
billion na labang

**[01:06:27.050] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001527)  
at

**[01:06:28.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001528)  
60% yung pagbaba.

**[01:06:30.490] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001529)  
Samantala, sa admin monitoring

**[01:06:32.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001530)  
sa Multiply Ed Philippines

**[01:06:34.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001531)  
with our 80 schools

**[01:06:36.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001532)  
monitored, 58%

**[01:06:38.870] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001533)  
ng monitored schools namin na nagsasabi

**[01:06:41.030] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001534)  
na kulang sa classrooms.

**[01:06:42.930] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001535)  
At base na rin sa datos natin,

**[01:06:44.850] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001536)  
may backlog pa tayo na 165,000

**[01:06:47.290] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001537)  
classrooms nationwide.

**[01:06:49.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001538)  
Nakikita naman natin

**[01:06:50.810] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001539)  
na yung budget sa

**[01:06:52.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001540)  
BEF sa 2026 ga

**[01:06:54.790] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001541)  
ay mula sa

**[01:06:56.790] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001542)  
mga flood control na na-initiwala.

**[01:06:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001543)  
Inilipat from flood control

**[01:07:00.630] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001544)  
ang DPWH at inilipat ito

**[01:07:02.730] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001545)  
sa DepEd. Pero nakikita

**[01:07:04.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001546)  
natin kung ganito karami yung backlog

**[01:07:06.310] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001547)  
natin sa classrooms, bakit hindi

**[01:07:08.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001548)  
natin gawing

**[01:07:09.090] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001549)  
baseline yung 2026 ga

**[01:07:12.550] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001550)  
para sa BEF para

**[01:07:14.190] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001551)  
ma-fast track yung backlogs natin

**[01:07:16.370] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001552)  
sa classrooms nationwide. And sa

**[01:07:18.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001553)  
inclusive education, apat

**[01:07:20.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001554)  
taon na matapos ang RA

**[01:07:21.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001555)  
11650, 32 lang sa target

**[01:07:24.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001556)  
na 1642 na inclusive

**[01:07:26.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001557)  
learning resource centers ang naitayag.

**[01:07:28.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001558)  
At base mismo sa EDCOM,

**[01:07:30.770] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001559)  
ang 32 ILRC na yun

**[01:07:32.830] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001560)  
ay hindi operational.

**[01:07:34.650] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001561)  
At nung tinanong kahapon

**[01:07:35.950] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001562)  
si Secretary Angara kung ilan

**[01:07:38.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001563)  
ang target sa susunod na taon

**[01:07:40.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001564)  
o sa 2027, ang sinagot

**[01:07:42.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001565)  
niya lamang ay 6.

**[01:07:44.070] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001566)  
So kung mayroong

**[01:07:45.770] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001567)  
1,642 na ILRC

**[01:07:48.850] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001568)  
or inclusive learning resource centers

**[01:07:50.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001569)  
na target, kailan

**[01:07:52.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001570)  
pa po matatapos o mapafast track

**[01:07:54.630] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001571)  
yung mga ILRCs

**[01:07:56.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001572)  
na talagang tumutugon.

**[01:07:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001573)  
Sa mga pangailangan ng ating mga

**[01:08:00.130] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001574)  
marginalized sectors. Sa IPED

**[01:08:02.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001575)  
at Madrasa, bumaba po ang IPED

**[01:08:04.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001576)  
allocation mula 154.4

**[01:08:06.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001577)  
million, naging

**[01:08:08.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001578)  
76.2 million. Halos

**[01:08:10.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001579)  
51% decrease.

**[01:08:12.750] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001580)  
At kahit sa 76%

**[01:08:15.390] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001581)  
ng monitored schools namin

**[01:08:16.690] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001582)  
sa Multiplied Philippines,

**[01:08:19.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001583)  
hindi may tapad

**[01:08:20.630] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001584)  
sa 76% ang

**[01:08:22.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001585)  
IPED, 93%

**[01:08:24.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001586)  
naman ang walang program support fund,

**[01:08:26.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001587)  
88% ang walang

**[01:08:28.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001588)  
trained IPED teachers.

**[01:08:30.250] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001589)  
Sa Madrasa, 74 schools

**[01:08:32.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001590)  
ang walang programa ng Madrasa.

**[01:08:34.790] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001591)  
80% ang kulang sa facilities.

**[01:08:37.770] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001592)  
Ang mga programang

**[01:08:38.630] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001593)  
na nangailangan ng local context

**[01:08:40.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001594)  
at cultural sensitivity

**[01:08:42.090] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001595)  
ay mas nakakonsentrate ngayon sa central office.

**[01:08:45.070] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001596)  
Nakita namin sa inclusive education

**[01:08:46.870] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001597)  
program na ang dating

**[01:08:48.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001598)  
mga budget na nakaalaan

**[01:08:51.330] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001599)  
sa regional offices,

**[01:08:53.070] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001600)  
ngayon, nilodge na lang po sa

**[01:08:54.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001601)  
central offices. At kung

**[01:08:56.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001602)  
pag-uusapan natin na inclusive education,

**[01:08:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001603)  
program, hindi po ba dapat

**[01:09:00.330] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001604)  
sa regional offices

**[01:09:02.670] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001605)  
na sila mismo ang nakakaintindi

**[01:09:04.550] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001606)  
sa local context ng mga

**[01:09:06.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001607)  
marginalized sectors natin

**[01:09:08.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001608)  
ay sa kanila mismo napupunta

**[01:09:10.170] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001609)  
directly at hindi na nagiging

**[01:09:12.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001610)  
discretionary mula sa central office.

**[01:09:15.710] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001611)  
Sa mga guro,

**[01:09:16.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001612)  
zero budget po para sa ating hiring

**[01:09:18.490] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001613)  
ng bagong teachers, habang

**[01:09:20.370] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001614)  
may 14,274

**[01:09:22.950] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001615)  
backlog

**[01:09:23.590] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001616)  
na hindi pinondohan.

**[01:09:26.830] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001617)  
Sana po,

**[01:09:28.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001618)  
pinondohan din po natin.

**[01:09:30.150] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001619)  
Sa learning materials,

**[01:09:32.090] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001620)  
target na 97.83

**[01:09:35.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001621)  
million textbooks

**[01:09:36.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001622)  
pero 40.25 million lang

**[01:09:38.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001623)  
ang na-deliver.

**[01:09:40.230] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001624)  
At ayon sa

**[01:09:42.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001625)  
monitoring namin, 59%

**[01:09:44.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001626)  
ng mga estudyanteng na survey

**[01:09:46.150] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001627)  
or 298 over

**[01:09:48.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001628)  
507 students na na-survey

**[01:09:50.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001629)  
namin ay walang sariling

**[01:09:52.610] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001630)  
rebro. At sa guidance counselors,

**[01:09:54.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001631)  
kailangan ng 48,000

**[01:09:56.290] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001632)  
ng 10,000,

**[01:09:58.410] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001633)  
na guidance counselor

**[01:10:00.790] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001634)  
para sa 48,000

**[01:10:02.430] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001635)  
na target ang na-fund

**[01:10:04.310] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001636)  
noong 2026. Fewer than the

**[01:10:06.350] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001637)  
1,000 registered guidance counselors

**[01:10:08.370] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001638)  
para sa mahigit 45,000

**[01:10:10.450] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001639)  
schools sa buong bansa. So imagine

**[01:10:12.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001640)  
po, 1,000 lang po yung ating

**[01:10:14.510] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001641)  
registered guidance counselors

**[01:10:16.670] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001642)  
at 45,000 po

**[01:10:18.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001643)  
yung schools natin.

**[01:10:21.290] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001644)  
Kaya naman yung

**[01:10:22.370] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001645)  
panawagan namin sa DepEd, DBM

**[01:10:24.270] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001646)  
and of course sa Congress po,

**[01:10:25.810] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001647)  
una ibalik po yung mga

**[01:10:27.530] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001648)  
dedicated line items

**[01:10:29.210] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001649)  
para po sa last mile schools,

**[01:10:31.870] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001650)  
sa WASH, sa ILRCs,

**[01:10:33.930] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001651)  
sa ALS,

**[01:10:35.470] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001652)  
learning materials at inclusive education

**[01:10:38.030] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001653)  
specifically. Ikalawa,

**[01:10:39.930] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001654)  
maglagay po ng malinaw at masusukat

**[01:10:41.830] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001655)  
na targets. Restore and

**[01:10:43.710] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001656)  
expand inclusive education program.

**[01:10:46.130] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001657)  
Ikatlo, i-decentralize

**[01:10:47.710] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001658)  
hindi lang implementation, kundi pati

**[01:10:49.490] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001659)  
ang resources at budget authority patungo

**[01:10:51.910] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001660)  
sa regions.

**[01:10:52.510] John Castillo** (asr-001660-split-2)  
Thank you, Sir John.

**[01:10:53.390] John Castillo** (asr-001661)  
If you wish to have more or share

**[01:10:55.810] John Castillo** (asr-001662)  
your concerns, please submit it to the

**[01:10:57.510] John Castillo** (asr-001663)  
task force for proper

**[01:10:59.850] John Castillo** (asr-001664)  
feedback. Thank you.

**[01:11:00.970] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001665)  
Okay po. Maraming salamat po.

**[01:11:02.370] John Castillo** (asr-001666)  
Can I ask?

**[01:11:03.130] John Castillo** (asr-001667)  
John Lloyd?

**[01:11:04.710] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001668)  
How young are you?

**[01:11:06.570] Multiply Ed Philippines Amplify Education Budget Initiative National Campaign Coordinator John Lloyd B. Elsisura** (asr-001669)  
I'm 20 years old po.

**[01:11:08.190] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-001670)  
Sobrang galing mo ah.

**[01:13:41.140] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001671)  
...with the higher education

**[01:13:45.860] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001672)  
unit sector and

**[01:13:47.920] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001673)  
accorded by our leadership

**[01:13:50.240] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001674)  
of its director and

**[01:13:51.900] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001675)  
visiting fellows of the

**[01:13:53.200] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001676)  
CHED Tech School.

**[01:13:57.640] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001677)  
A pivotal role,

**[01:13:59.800] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001678)  
in delivering DBM's Public Financial Management Competency Program.

**[01:14:06.420] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001679)  
So, this is for the SUCs nationwide.

**[01:14:10.200] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001680)  
And through these strategic partnerships, we believe that GRE continues to strengthen institutional capacities

**[01:14:17.580] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001681)  
and empower development stakeholders and also uphold the highest standards of public governance.

**[01:14:24.260] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001682)  
And of course, from our observation, hearing from the representatives of institutions within this panel session,

**[01:14:34.780] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001683)  
I really believe that the GRE would be able to provide then also our insights for upcoming researchers.

**[01:14:44.080] Jesse M. Robredo Institute of Governance Program Assistant Patricia Geneva de la Torre** (asr-001684)  
And that's all for the GRE. Thank you very much.

**[01:14:48.260] John Castillo** (asr-001685)  
Thank you, Geneva, from the Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance.

**[01:14:52.140] John Castillo** (asr-001686)  
Now, at this point, may we...

**[01:14:54.260] John Castillo** (asr-001687)  
ask or request our panelists for their feedbacks on...

**[01:15:00.000] John Castillo** (asr-001688)  
the race on the matters race.

**[01:15:01.920] John Castillo** (asr-001689)  
Thank you.

**[01:15:04.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001690)  
Maraming salamat po.

**[01:15:06.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001691)  
And with regards dun sa mga

**[01:15:07.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001692)  
na-race na issues,

**[01:15:09.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001693)  
lalo na yung kay John Lloyd,

**[01:15:12.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001694)  
ang dami, ang bilis magsalita ni John Lloyd.

**[01:15:15.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001695)  
Lahat po ito

**[01:15:15.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001696)  
recorded. So yung

**[01:15:17.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001697)  
mga hindi fully

**[01:15:19.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001698)  
masasagot in this

**[01:15:21.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001699)  
engagement, lahat

**[01:15:23.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001700)  
po yan ay

**[01:15:25.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001701)  
i-enumerate po natin

**[01:15:27.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001702)  
lahat ng questions, lahat ng concerns

**[01:15:29.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001703)  
and recommendations

**[01:15:31.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001704)  
at ibibigay po natin dun sa

**[01:15:33.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001705)  
vice chair concern.

**[01:15:36.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001706)  
Nagsaganon, maging part

**[01:15:37.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001707)  
ng deliberation at

**[01:15:39.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001708)  
kung matugunan or ma-address

**[01:15:41.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001709)  
through the

**[01:15:43.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001710)  
budget process,

**[01:15:45.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001711)  
kukunin din po natin yung

**[01:15:47.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001712)  
resulta

**[01:15:48.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001713)  
at katulad nung ginawa natin

**[01:15:51.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001714)  
yung pinakita ko kanina, ibibigay po namin

**[01:15:53.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001715)  
sa inyo hanggang matapos

**[01:15:55.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001716)  
itong ating budget process

**[01:15:57.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001717)  
hanggang matugunan, hanggang

**[01:15:59.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001718)  
sa GAA. So kung may

**[01:16:01.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001719)  
mga hindi nasasagot ay

**[01:16:03.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001720)  
rest assured

**[01:16:06.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001721)  
kung hindi man nasagot dito

**[01:16:07.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001722)  
fully, eventually

**[01:16:09.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001723)  
especially pag tapos na po yung

**[01:16:11.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001724)  
yung GAA,

**[01:16:13.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001725)  
bibigay po natin sa bawat

**[01:16:15.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001726)  
NGO

**[01:16:17.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001727)  
and PO, nang sa ganon

**[01:16:19.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001728)  
sabay-sabay natin i-monitor

**[01:16:22.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001729)  
yung implementation naman

**[01:16:23.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001730)  
to make sure na lahat ma-implement

**[01:16:25.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001731)  
to the fullest at

**[01:16:27.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001732)  
every peso would count.

**[01:16:29.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001733)  
Especially

**[01:16:31.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001734)  
will impact the lives of

**[01:16:33.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001735)  
our people.

**[01:16:34.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001736)  
I subscribe to

**[01:16:37.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001737)  
what was mentioned.

**[01:16:40.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001738)  
Highly centralized talaga tayo

**[01:16:42.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001739)  
kaya ang daming inefficiencies

**[01:16:43.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001740)  
and partly that will be

**[01:16:45.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001741)  
addressed by the meritocracy

**[01:16:47.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001742)  
which is

**[01:16:49.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001743)  
a component of the budget code

**[01:16:51.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001744)  
and the

**[01:16:53.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001745)  
amendment to the seal

**[01:16:55.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001746)  
of good local governance. Pareho yung

**[01:16:57.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001747)  
merong meritocracy

**[01:16:59.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001748)  
component para on the same page

**[01:17:01.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001749)  
na nga po yung national and local

**[01:17:03.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001750)  
geared towards a single

**[01:17:05.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001751)  
bottom line.

**[01:17:07.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001752)  
And of course this will also

**[01:17:09.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001753)  
help the engagement

**[01:17:16.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001754)  
with the Jesse Robredo

**[01:17:17.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001755)  
Foundation for good governance

**[01:17:20.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001756)  
kasi if it's

**[01:17:21.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001757)  
meritocratic,

**[01:17:24.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001758)  
mas lalong legitimate

**[01:17:26.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001759)  
ang

**[01:17:27.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001760)  
process at mas

**[01:17:29.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001761)  
lalong mararamdaman yung

**[01:17:31.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001762)  
outcomes. And improvement

**[01:17:33.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001763)  
can be done

**[01:17:34.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001764)  
continuously.

**[01:17:37.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001765)  
So yun po. So yung lahat

**[01:17:39.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001766)  
ng inyong concerns, rest assured

**[01:17:41.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001767)  
na nakarecord po yan. At

**[01:17:43.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001768)  
ibabalik po, ibibigay po natin sa

**[01:17:45.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001769)  
vice chair concerned, agency concerned

**[01:17:47.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001770)  
and yung mga outcomes

**[01:17:49.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001771)  
po ibibigay po namin

**[01:17:51.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001772)  
muli sa inyo. So thank you very much.

**[01:17:53.620] John Castillo** (asr-001773)  
Thank you Kong Abet. And now maybe

**[01:17:55.180] John Castillo** (asr-001774)  
ask

**[01:17:56.200] John Castillo** (asr-001775)  
vice chair

**[01:17:58.340] John Castillo** (asr-001776)  
Kong

**[01:17:59.520] John Castillo** (asr-001777)  
Monique for her

**[01:18:01.220] John Castillo** (asr-001778)  
inputs.

**[01:18:01.930] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001778-split-2)  
Yes, just a brief

**[01:18:03.240] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001779)  
input naman.

**[01:18:05.400] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001780)  
We all know that there's a

**[01:18:07.300] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001781)  
big budget for the education sector

**[01:18:09.280] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001782)  
and it

**[01:18:11.240] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001783)  
should not stop there. We agree that

**[01:18:13.440] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001784)  
even with the biggest

**[01:18:15.100] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001785)  
budget allocated for this

**[01:18:17.260] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001786)  
sector, we should maximize

**[01:18:19.100] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001787)  
and efficiently use

**[01:18:21.260] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001788)  
and see that everything is

**[01:18:22.940] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001789)  
used properly. And so

**[01:18:25.120] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001790)  
we are with you in wanting

**[01:18:27.200] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001791)  
to see

**[01:18:28.440] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001792)  
a

**[01:18:28.960] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001793)  
the efficiency and use of this budget

**[01:18:31.680] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001794)  
because gusto po natin talaga

**[01:18:33.360] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001795)  
mas marami po ang makinabang

**[01:18:35.900] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001796)  
dito sa budget

**[01:18:37.960] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001797)  
ng sektor ng edukasyon.

**[01:18:39.560] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001798)  
Dahil ito po talagang hinahabol po

**[01:18:41.780] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001799)  
natin every year. So we

**[01:18:43.840] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001800)  
welcome very much everything

**[01:18:45.900] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001801)  
that you have said, John Lloyd.

**[01:18:47.620] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001802)  
And we look forward to you

**[01:18:49.480] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001803)  
helping us keep an eye that all

**[01:18:51.680] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001804)  
of these take place. Kasi

**[01:18:53.100] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001805)  
syempre po,

**[01:18:55.420] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001806)  
kaya po nilagay dyan yung pinakamalaking

**[01:18:57.540] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001807)  
budget. Dahil alam natin,

**[01:18:58.960] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001808)  
ito din lang talaga ang tutulong

**[01:19:01.400] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001809)  
sa karamihan ng kabataan natin

**[01:19:03.640] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001810)  
para masiguro natin na tuloy-tuloy

**[01:19:05.840] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001811)  
lang ang pag-ayos ng ating

**[01:19:07.440] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001812)  
lipunan dito sa ating bansa.

**[01:19:10.220] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001813)  
And with that, of course, we

**[01:19:11.560] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001814)  
partner with the Jesse Robredo Foundation

**[01:19:13.540] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001815)  
because as our learners

**[01:19:15.880] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001816)  
go to the next level, as they

**[01:19:19.520] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001817)  
achieve higher levels in

**[01:19:21.500] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001818)  
education, we'd also like them

**[01:19:23.540] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001819)  
to achieve all of this

**[01:19:24.800] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001820)  
while being very professionally

**[01:19:27.420] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001821)  
capable.

**[01:19:28.960] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001822)  
We'd like to be able to

**[01:19:30.580] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001823)  
produce, of course, all these

**[01:19:32.360] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001824)  
graduates who we know

**[01:19:33.840] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001825)  
let's not end with just

**[01:19:36.300] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001826)  
the educational side of it,

**[01:19:38.680] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001827)  
but in improving,

**[01:19:40.520] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001828)  
of course, the education that is given

**[01:19:42.560] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001829)  
to each member of our

**[01:19:44.440] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001830)  
youth sector. So again, we thank you

**[01:19:46.420] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001831)  
for all of these, and we hope

**[01:19:48.440] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001832)  
that you do not grow tired of

**[01:19:50.340] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001833)  
partnering with us to make sure that we

**[01:19:52.340] Rep. Monique Yazmin Maria Q. Lagdameo** (asr-001834)  
achieve these goals together. Thank you.

**[01:19:54.860] John Castillo** (asr-001835)  
Thank you, Vice Chair Manique.

**[01:19:57.040] John Castillo** (asr-001836)  
Yes, additional input from

**[01:19:58.960] John Castillo** (asr-001837)  
SBC.

**[01:19:59.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001838)  
Thank you, Vice Chair Manique. And just to add,

**[01:20:02.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001839)  
para lang ma-address din yung

**[01:20:04.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001840)  
general observation na bumaba

**[01:20:08.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001841)  
yung mga budget

**[01:20:10.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001842)  
ng mga very vital

**[01:20:12.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001843)  
departments and services,

**[01:20:14.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001844)  
education, social

**[01:20:16.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001845)  
services, ang reason

**[01:20:18.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001846)  
po na binibigay ng

**[01:20:20.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001847)  
DBM is yung

**[01:20:22.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001848)  
absorptive

**[01:20:24.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001849)  
capacity, which

**[01:20:26.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001850)  
is a problem dahil sobrang centralized,

**[01:20:28.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001851)  
nagkakaproblema sa absorptive

**[01:20:30.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001852)  
capacity. That's why, in last

**[01:20:32.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001853)  
year's budget, and I think

**[01:20:34.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001854)  
ipagpapatuloy sa

**[01:20:37.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001855)  
budget ngayon, yung

**[01:20:38.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001856)  
modalities ng implementation

**[01:20:40.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001857)  
pinalawak po ng Congress.

**[01:20:43.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001858)  
So, dati yung department

**[01:20:45.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001859)  
lang, for example, DepEd,

**[01:20:46.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001860)  
DepEd lang mag-implement, kunyari, ng mga classrooms

**[01:20:49.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001861)  
or imumua lang

**[01:20:50.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001862)  
sa DPWH. Ngayon po,

**[01:20:53.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001863)  
pwedeng DepEd, pwedeng

**[01:20:54.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001864)  
DPWH, pwedeng local government

**[01:20:57.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001865)  
unit, or

**[01:20:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001866)  
public-private

**[01:21:00.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001867)  
partnership. So,

**[01:21:03.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001868)  
sinimulan natin palawakin

**[01:21:04.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001869)  
ng sa ganon, yung absorptive capacity

**[01:21:07.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001870)  
ay mas maging

**[01:21:08.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001871)  
efficient at mas magawa

**[01:21:11.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001872)  
itong mga projects na

**[01:21:12.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001873)  
kinakailangan on the

**[01:21:14.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001874)  
ground. Alam po

**[01:21:17.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001875)  
namin na hindi pa rin efficient yung

**[01:21:19.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001876)  
yung ginawang sistema

**[01:21:20.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001877)  
and we're still looking at

**[01:21:22.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001878)  
on how we can

**[01:21:24.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001879)  
improve it better.

**[01:21:27.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001880)  
So, yun po yung

**[01:21:28.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001881)  
sitwasyon. Kaya kung napansin nyo, may mga

**[01:21:31.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001882)  
vital department na bumabang

**[01:21:33.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001883)  
yung budget. Kasi makikita nyo yung

**[01:21:35.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001884)  
yung implementation

**[01:21:37.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001885)  
efficiency or absorptive

**[01:21:39.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001886)  
capacity tinamaan. Pero

**[01:21:40.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001887)  
tinitignan po yan ng

**[01:21:42.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001888)  
inyong House of Representatives and we

**[01:21:45.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001889)  
will improve that and rectify

**[01:21:47.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001890)  
some of that. So,

**[01:21:49.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-001891)  
thank you.

**[01:21:49.460] John Castillo** (asr-001891-split-2)  
Thank you, SVC Chair. We are

**[01:21:51.220] John Castillo** (asr-001892)  
now nearing the latter portion of

**[01:21:53.220] John Castillo** (asr-001893)  
the first part of our

**[01:21:55.280] John Castillo** (asr-001894)  
People's Budget Review.

**[01:21:57.140] John Castillo** (asr-001895)  
We will now proceed.

**[01:21:58.960] John Castillo** (asr-001896)  
Let's keep the conversation going

**[01:22:00.800] John Castillo** (asr-001897)  
on matters on

**[01:22:02.760] John Castillo** (asr-001898)  
transportation.

**[01:22:04.800] John Castillo** (asr-001899)  
Transportation. May we call

**[01:22:06.980] John Castillo** (asr-001900)  
our CSO representatives

**[01:22:09.260] John Castillo** (asr-001901)  
from Safe Travel

**[01:22:11.560] John Castillo** (asr-001902)  
PH.

**[01:22:13.500] John Castillo** (asr-001903)  
Safe Travel PH Mobility

**[01:22:15.180] John Castillo** (asr-001904)  
Innovation Organization.

**[01:22:17.500] John Castillo** (asr-001905)  
Also followed by Move

**[01:22:19.340] John Castillo** (asr-001906)  
as One Coalition

**[01:22:21.000] John Castillo** (asr-001907)  
and the Foundation for Economic

**[01:22:23.720] John Castillo** (asr-001908)  
Freedom.

**[01:22:25.480] John Castillo** (asr-001909)  
Please take the floor. Thank you.

**[01:22:27.360] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001910)  
Alright. So, good morning.

**[01:22:28.960] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001911)  
Good morning, everyone.

**[01:22:31.040] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001912)  
I'm from, yes, I'm Camille Fajardo

**[01:22:33.100] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001913)  
from Safe Travel PH.

**[01:22:35.280] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001914)  
So, Safe Travel PH

**[01:22:37.200] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001915)  
is an NGO based in the

**[01:22:39.080] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001916)  
UP National College of Public

**[01:22:41.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001917)  
Administration and Governance.

**[01:22:43.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001918)  
We are a multidisciplinary group

**[01:22:45.120] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001919)  
of academics, researchers,

**[01:22:47.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001920)  
and public transport operators.

**[01:22:50.260] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001921)  
So,

**[01:22:51.260] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001922)  
just one thing, just one

**[01:22:53.200] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001923)  
concern that we would like to highlight is

**[01:22:55.060] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001924)  
that for the 2027

**[01:22:56.620] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001925)  
budget, we would like to raise,

**[01:22:58.960] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001926)  
is that we should not only look

**[01:23:01.100] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001927)  
at how much agencies are

**[01:23:02.940] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001928)  
spending, but also

**[01:23:04.960] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001929)  
at what public outcomes

**[01:23:07.020] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001930)  
that spending is actually

**[01:23:08.780] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001931)  
producing. We recognize

**[01:23:11.060] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001932)  
that budget utilization

**[01:23:12.860] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001933)  
is important, but the

**[01:23:14.940] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001934)  
low obligation or disbursement

**[01:23:17.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001935)  
rate does not automatically

**[01:23:19.220] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001936)  
mean that the program

**[01:23:20.820] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001937)  
is unnecessary or should

**[01:23:22.860] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001938)  
receive less funding.

**[01:23:25.040] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001939)  
It may also reflect

**[01:23:26.380] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001940)  
procurement delays, weak

**[01:23:28.960] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001941)  
staffing, delayed fund

**[01:23:30.760] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001942)  
releases, poor program

**[01:23:32.920] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001943)  
design, or implementation

**[01:23:34.480] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001944)  
bottlenecks. Our own

**[01:23:36.880] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001945)  
budget work has emphasized

**[01:23:38.320] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001946)  
that these underlying causes need

**[01:23:40.900] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001947)  
to be examined before drawing

**[01:23:42.680] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001948)  
conclusions from utilization figures

**[01:23:45.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001949)  
alone.

**[01:23:46.800] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001950)  
And likewise, high accomplishment

**[01:23:49.020] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001951)  
rates should not automatically

**[01:23:50.780] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001952)  
be treated as proof of success.

**[01:23:53.640] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001953)  
Congress should be able to

**[01:23:54.880] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001954)  
ask, what is the baseline?

**[01:23:57.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001955)  
What is the denominator?

**[01:23:58.960] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001956)  
What data were used?

**[01:24:01.800] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001957)  
And most importantly,

**[01:24:03.320] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001958)  
did people actually experience

**[01:24:05.080] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001959)  
better services?

**[01:24:06.840] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001960)  
For transportation, this means

**[01:24:09.120] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001961)  
looking beyond the number of vehicles

**[01:24:11.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001962)  
modernized, plans

**[01:24:13.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001963)  
approved, or subsidies released.

**[01:24:15.740] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001964)  
We should be measuring

**[01:24:16.940] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001965)  
whether commuters are experiencing

**[01:24:18.760] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001966)  
shorter waiting times,

**[01:24:21.400] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001967)  
more reliable service,

**[01:24:23.700] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001968)  
safer access,

**[01:24:25.580] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001969)  
better affordability,

**[01:24:26.800] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001970)  
and whether transport

**[01:24:28.760] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001971)  
workers have sustainable

**[01:24:30.300] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001972)  
livelihoods.

**[01:24:32.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001973)  
So these commuter-centered indicators

**[01:24:34.360] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001974)  
are still not prominent

**[01:24:35.900] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001975)  
in current public transport

**[01:24:38.040] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001976)  
performance reporting.

**[01:24:40.020] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001977)  
And this brings me specifically

**[01:24:41.760] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001978)  
to the proposed 2027 DOTR

**[01:24:44.600] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001979)  
budget. We are concerned

**[01:24:46.820] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001980)  
that the fuel subsidy

**[01:24:48.300] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001981)  
and service contracting programs

**[01:24:50.140] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001982)  
have zero proposed allocation,

**[01:24:52.640] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001983)  
while the public transport

**[01:24:53.980] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001984)  
modernization program is only around

**[01:24:56.160] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001985)  
176.8 million

**[01:24:58.440] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001986)  
nationwide.

**[01:25:00.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001987)  
If these reductions are being justified

**[01:25:02.800] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001988)  
by underutilization,

**[01:25:04.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001989)  
then Congress should ask,

**[01:25:06.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001990)  
how exactly was this

**[01:25:08.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001991)  
underutilization evaluated?

**[01:25:10.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001992)  
What caused it?

**[01:25:12.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001993)  
And why is the response to reduce

**[01:25:14.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001994)  
funding instead of fixing

**[01:25:16.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001995)  
the implementation bottlenecks?

**[01:25:18.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001996)  
And for us, the central question

**[01:25:20.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001997)  
is simple. So does

**[01:25:22.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001998)  
the 2027 budget actually match

**[01:25:24.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-001999)  
the scale of the mobility problems

**[01:25:26.240] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-002000)  
experienced every day by commuters and transport workers?

**[01:25:31.220] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-002001)  
So, yun lamang po.

**[01:25:32.400] Safe Travel PH Representative Camille Fajardo** (asr-002002)  
Maraming salamat.

**[01:25:35.240] John Castillo** (asr-002005)  
Thank you from our representative

**[01:25:37.120] John Castillo** (asr-002006)  
from Safe Travel PH.

**[01:25:41.760] John Castillo** (asr-002007)  
I was mesmerized, sorry.

**[01:25:44.480] John Castillo** (asr-002008)  
And then,

**[01:25:45.300] John Castillo** (asr-002009)  
may we call on

**[01:25:47.540] John Castillo** (asr-002010)  
the next CSO representative

**[01:25:50.420] John Castillo** (asr-002011)  
from...

**[01:25:51.000] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002012)  
Upo na lang po ako.

**[01:25:52.040] John Castillo** (asr-002013)  
Ay, upo ka na lang.

**[01:25:53.100] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002014)  
Ay, sige, pwede naman.

**[01:25:54.020] John Castillo** (asr-002015)  
Sige lang po, okay lang po.

**[01:25:55.620] John Castillo** (asr-002016)  
What do you prefer po?

**[01:25:57.180] John Castillo** (asr-002017)  
Ayan.

**[01:25:57.720] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002018)  
Salamat, Kamil, for sharing

**[01:26:00.380] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002019)  
what we've learned today.

**[01:26:00.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002020)  
we also advocate for. Good morning po

**[01:26:02.940] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002021)  
akong Abet and the panel. To everyone

**[01:26:05.120] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002022)  
here today, lalo na po sa mga nagko-commute,

**[01:26:07.640] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002023)  
naglalakad at nagbabike,

**[01:26:09.060] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002024)  
magandang

**[01:26:09.660] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002025)  
panghali po, sakto 12 noon.

**[01:26:13.560] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002026)  
Ako po si Ysabel Agregado

**[01:26:15.220] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002027)  
from the Move As One Coalition.

**[01:26:16.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002028)  
We advocate for better public transport,

**[01:26:19.440] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002029)  
active mobility, and road safety

**[01:26:21.220] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002030)  
in the Philippines.

**[01:26:23.200] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002031)  
For public transport and active mobility,

**[01:26:25.680] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002032)  
fortunately, during the

**[01:26:26.980] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002033)  
DOTR budget hearing, si

**[01:26:28.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002034)  
Rep. Arogancia was asked our

**[01:26:31.080] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002035)  
questions, I think po, for the CSOs.

**[01:26:33.380] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002036)  
We've already received support

**[01:26:34.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002037)  
from multiple members of the House

**[01:26:36.780] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002038)  
to restore the funding po dun sa mga

**[01:26:38.900] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002039)  
nabanggit ni Camille na na-zero

**[01:26:40.540] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002040)  
or almost zero na funding for critical

**[01:26:42.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002041)  
road-based transport programs.

**[01:26:44.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002042)  
This includes po yung EDSA busway.

**[01:26:47.140] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002043)  
Shout out po sa mga sumasakay na EDSA

**[01:26:48.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002044)  
busway dito. Active

**[01:26:50.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002045)  
transport po, which includes our sidewalks,

**[01:26:53.300] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002046)  
not just bike lanes, but also

**[01:26:55.080] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002047)  
our sidewalks.

**[01:26:57.180] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002048)  
And also subsidies.

**[01:26:58.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002049)  
For our transport workers, yung fuel subsidy

**[01:27:00.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002050)  
program and service contracting

**[01:27:02.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002051)  
program. Nakakalungkot po

**[01:27:05.160] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002052)  
na the programs that were used to

**[01:27:06.980] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002053)  
help the sector during the oil

**[01:27:08.780] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002054)  
crisis. Imbis na dagdagan po yung

**[01:27:11.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002055)  
pondo kasi kinulang po ito this year,

**[01:27:13.740] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002056)  
zero po ang pondo

**[01:27:14.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002057)  
for next year. But thankfully po,

**[01:27:17.260] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002058)  
may support na from Congress

**[01:27:18.900] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002059)  
and hopefully po, masi-through po yun hanggang

**[01:27:21.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002060)  
mag-gaa po tayo. Now for

**[01:27:23.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002061)  
our third pillar po sa Move Us One,

**[01:27:24.980] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002062)  
road safety. We'd like to raise

**[01:27:27.040] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002063)  
something po that the Congress has never

**[01:27:28.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002064)  
funded. The implementation

**[01:27:30.540] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002065)  
of the 2023 to

**[01:27:32.820] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002066)  
2028 Philippine Road Safety

**[01:27:34.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002067)  
Action Plan. Road crashes

**[01:27:36.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002068)  
po remain the top cause of

**[01:27:38.940] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002069)  
death for Filipinos age

**[01:27:40.840] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002070)  
15 to 29 years old.

**[01:27:42.920] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002071)  
So pasok pa po ako sa age group na yun. Kayo rin

**[01:27:44.940] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002072)  
po, pasok pa po sa age group na yun.

**[01:27:48.460] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002073)  
The

**[01:27:48.980] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002074)  
DOTR proposes to fund this

**[01:27:51.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002075)  
every year. Hindi po malaki ang hinihingi

**[01:27:53.240] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002076)  
nila, just a hundred million pesos.

**[01:27:55.420] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002077)  
Two years na lang po yung natitira sa

**[01:27:56.920] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002078)  
plano, but we've never funded

**[01:27:58.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002079)  
this. So hopefully po,

**[01:28:01.360] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002080)  
2027 is

**[01:28:03.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002081)  
the year. And

**[01:28:04.500] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002082)  
I'll end po doon for the transport sector

**[01:28:07.180] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002083)  
just to

**[01:28:08.120] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002084)  
move beyond po yung transport

**[01:28:11.140] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002085)  
as a member of the People's Budget

**[01:28:12.900] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002086)  
Coalition with sila AJ po.

**[01:28:14.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002087)  
We also ask the Congress to act

**[01:28:16.980] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002088)  
on reform measures

**[01:28:18.340] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002089)  
already before the House,

**[01:28:20.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002090)  
lalo na po yung Cadena Act.

**[01:28:23.620] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002091)  
This was approved by the

**[01:28:24.960] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002092)  
Senate in December 2025.

**[01:28:26.920] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002093)  
It has now been pending in the House.

**[01:28:28.860] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002094)  
This Act would provide the transparency

**[01:28:30.700] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002095)  
infrastructure needed to digitize

**[01:28:33.300] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002096)  
and publicly verify House

**[01:28:35.000] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002097)  
budget amendments, allowing citizens

**[01:28:37.120] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002098)  
to track whether budget commitments

**[01:28:39.120] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002099)  
are actually reflected in final

**[01:28:41.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002100)  
appropriations. So existing

**[01:28:43.340] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002101)  
na po, civil society

**[01:28:45.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002102)  
has been

**[01:28:45.760] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002103)  
uploading, sending

**[01:28:49.240] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002104)  
links po for open source tools

**[01:28:51.260] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002105)  
such as the Open Budget Transparency

**[01:28:53.280] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002106)  
Server. Kailangan lang po natin

**[01:28:55.020] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002107)  
ilagay yung legal framework to

**[01:28:56.680] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002108)  
fund this and keep this maintained

**[01:28:58.400] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002109)  
hopefully by DBM Congress or kung sino

**[01:29:00.880] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002110)  
man po. At the end

**[01:29:02.820] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002111)  
of the day, we have to ask

**[01:29:04.680] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002112)  
ourselves po, kami po tinatanong namin

**[01:29:06.940] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002113)  
ano pong CSO inputs

**[01:29:08.620] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002114)  
ang ano pong

**[01:29:10.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002115)  
budget line items ang binago po ng

**[01:29:12.540] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002116)  
Kongreso dahil sa participation

**[01:29:14.480] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002117)  
ng CSOs. I think that would help

**[01:29:16.260] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002118)  
Congress, that would help the task force

**[01:29:18.540] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002119)  
and the civil society po if we're able

**[01:29:20.680] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002120)  
to push this pong Cadena Act.

**[01:29:22.680] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-002121)  
Yun lamang po, maraming salamat.

**[01:29:25.720] John Castillo** (asr-002122)  
Thank you very

**[01:29:26.520] John Castillo** (asr-002123)  
much for that lively presentation

**[01:29:28.600] John Castillo** (asr-002124)  
of your concern, Ms. Ysabel from the

**[01:29:30.620] John Castillo** (asr-002125)  
Move As One Coalition.

**[01:29:32.500] John Castillo** (asr-002126)  
At this juncture, may we call on

**[01:29:34.660] John Castillo** (asr-002127)  
the representative from the

**[01:29:36.620] John Castillo** (asr-002128)  
Foundation for Economic

**[01:29:39.000] John Castillo** (asr-002129)  
Freedom, FEF,

**[01:29:41.680] John Castillo** (asr-002130)  
to share their

**[01:29:42.700] John Castillo** (asr-002131)  
concerns, if any?

**[01:29:46.180] John Castillo** (asr-002132)  
Ah, so

**[01:29:46.620] John Castillo** (asr-002133)  
Mr. Rene, Engineer Rene is not

**[01:29:48.580] John Castillo** (asr-002134)  
around. Okay.

**[01:29:50.480] John Castillo** (asr-002135)  
At this point,

**[01:29:51.860] John Castillo** (asr-002136)  
we will now hear the feedbacks

**[01:29:55.180] John Castillo** (asr-002137)  
from our panel

**[01:29:56.520] John Castillo** (asr-002138)  
lists, particularly

**[01:29:57.860] John Castillo** (asr-002139)  
Vice Chair of

**[01:30:00.000] John Castillo** (asr-002140)  
Honorable Representative Reynante Arrogancia.

**[01:30:04.300] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002141)  
Good morning, everyone.

**[01:30:05.880] John Castillo** (asr-002142)  
Good morning, Mr. Vice Chairman.

**[01:30:08.020] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002143)  
First, I would like to address the question of safe travel followed by the previous one.

**[01:30:16.000] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002144)  
I do understand yung concern ng mga commuters, especially yung sumasakay sa EDSA,

**[01:30:24.780] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002145)  
sumasakay sa carousel, and then yung mga nagbibisikleta, naglalakad sa kalsada natin, sa ating sidewalk.

**[01:30:34.020] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002146)  
So, the question of how do we do the proper budget in Congress.

**[01:30:44.640] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002147)  
Yung question about bakit nabawasan, bakit hindi natin nabigyan ng tamang budget.

**[01:30:51.920] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002148)  
Alam n'yo sa atin, sa appropriation,

**[01:30:54.780] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002149)  
talagang lahat ito inaaral namin. Na kung ang isang department o isang agency

**[01:31:02.780] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002150)  
nabigyan natin last year, sabihin natin, isang libong piso, pero hindi nagamit ang pitong daang piso.

**[01:31:14.480] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002151)  
Example lang ito.

**[01:31:16.540] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002152)  
So, medyo may problem tayo kung bibigyan natin ng panibagong mas malaki.

**[01:31:22.820] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002153)  
Dahil instead na yung pondo

**[01:31:24.780] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002154)  
na ilagay ulit, na hindi siya magagamit, ay mailagay natin doon sa iba pang mas nangangailangan

**[01:31:33.540] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002155)  
sa ating bansa.

**[01:31:37.020] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002156)  
Mas mabilis yung magiging development ng bansa natin.

**[01:31:41.700] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002157)  
Pero tama kayo.

**[01:31:43.300] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002158)  
Kailangan natin gawin dito,

**[01:31:44.860] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002159)  
aralin natin, bakit ba hindi ito na-utilize?

**[01:31:51.900] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002160)  
Bakit ba hindi natin na-aral?

**[01:31:54.100] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002161)  
Saan nagkulang?

**[01:31:56.600] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002162)  
Sa procurement ba? Saan nagkulang?

**[01:31:59.140] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002163)  
And then yung mga kailangan nating mga expansion ng ating mga sidewalk, sa ating mga bike lanes, ba't hindi ba napapatupad?

**[01:32:06.260] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002164)  
So lahat ng concern ninyo ay aming inaaral sa ginagawa namin budget ng 2027 na budget.

**[01:32:15.940] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002165)  
At napapasalamat kami sa inyo na ito ay ginagawa ninyong advocacy na kami sa appropriation.

**[01:32:24.860] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002166)  
Nakakaroon kami ng guide mula sa inyo na maaaring makatulong sa amin doon sa paggawa namin ng tamang budget sa 2027.

**[01:32:32.500] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002167)  
Rest assured, lahat ng inyong sinasabi sa amin ay aming itong siseryosohin para may pagpapasa namin ng budget natin ngayong 2027.

**[01:32:42.040] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002168)  
Ay kaugnay namin kayo, may participation kayo.

**[01:32:45.680] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002169)  
At sa ginagawa namin ito, natitiyakin namin, siyempre sa utos ng ating Pangulo, na yung pagiging sensitive namin sa ginagawa namin budget ng ating bansa ay nararapat na ayon at kailangan ng ating mga kababayan.

**[01:33:01.600] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002170)  
Hindi lamang ito dahil sa figure, kung hindi ito ay dapat malaman namin yung totoong hinayin ng ating bansa at yun yung dapat namin gawin sa appropriation namin dito sa Kongreso.

**[01:33:11.720] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002171)  
So muli po, maraming maraming salamat po sa inyong lahat.

**[01:33:15.140] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002172)  
At ito pong lahat ng ito ay amin pong dadalhin sa committee para po aming upuan at nalagyan po namin ng tamang sagot ang inyong katanungan.

**[01:33:22.980] Rep. Reynante U. Arrogancia** (asr-002173)  
Salamat po ulit.

**[01:33:24.260] John Castillo** (asr-002174)  
Thank you very much, Vice Chair Reynan.

**[01:33:27.580] John Castillo** (asr-002175)  
Any other feedbacks from our panelists, SVC?

**[01:33:31.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002176)  
Yes, maraming salamat, Vice Chair Reynan, for your answers to address some of the concerns.

**[01:33:38.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002177)  
I would like to commend Miss Fajardo.

**[01:33:45.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002178)  
Isabel, for your comments and suggestions talagang with this engagement and all the other NGOs ang dami namin natututunan that these informations we can really use to amend or modify some of the budget of the departments to address the concerns.

**[01:34:09.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002179)  
So perspective matters and you're giving us new perspective.

**[01:34:15.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002180)  
That we can use in order to improve our budgets further.

**[01:34:19.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002181)  
Kanina habang nakikinig kay Miss Fajardo, parang dinidescribe nyo na po yung meritocracy.

**[01:34:26.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002182)  
Kasi from spending or process-based budgeting, kung saan ginegrade ngayon for efficiency of spending or not spending, yung meritocracy, same as what you said, kailangan outcome-based din.

**[01:34:45.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002183)  
So dahil mas makikita natin yung impact.

**[01:34:49.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002184)  
So unlike now na talagang is everything above board, sumunod ba sa process, but aside from that, did it make an impact dun sa buhay ng ating mga mamamayan?

**[01:35:02.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002185)  
And that is the essence of the meritocracy bill na hindi lang process-based but also outcome-based.

**[01:35:11.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002186)  
So.

**[01:35:13.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002187)  
So.

**[01:35:15.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002188)  
You hit the nail right on the head.

**[01:35:18.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002189)  
And since mobility yung pinag-uusapan natin, ito yung isang advocacy po ng inyong lingkod.

**[01:35:24.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002190)  
And hardly anyone is talking about it.

**[01:35:27.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002191)  
Is that, do we know that we're losing 3.5 billion pesos a day because of the inefficiencies ng ating infrastructure, ng ating ekonomiya?

**[01:35:44.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002192)  
Tanghali na po.

**[01:35:45.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002193)  
Ngayon, mamaya hapo na, and we lost 3.5 billion pesos a day, another 3.5 billion pesos.

**[01:35:53.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002194)  
And if you compute that in one year, yan na po yung capital outlay ng ating current budget, amounting to 1.2, 1.3 trillion pesos.

**[01:36:06.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002195)  
So yan na halos yung pinagdibatihan ngayon sa House and eventually with the Senate, sa BICAM.

**[01:36:15.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002196)  
Na 1.2 to 1.3 trillion na katulad nung sinabi, ito na lang yung leeway natin dahil yung iba, naka-earmark na po or pang sweldo na or MOE na hindi na natin masyadong pwedeng mamodify.

**[01:36:34.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002197)  
Okay.

**[01:36:35.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002198)  
So.

**[01:36:37.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002199)  
Na ano lang po siya.

**[01:36:39.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002200)  
Kumbaga.

**[01:36:41.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002201)  
Na offset lang po siya nitong losses.

**[01:36:44.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002202)  
3.5 billion pesos a day.

**[01:36:47.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002203)  
And kinumpute ko po ito from when the study started, JICA study po ito.

**[01:36:54.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002204)  
Simula 2014, 2.5 billion pesos a day pa lang.

**[01:36:58.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002205)  
In update ng 2017, 3.5 na.

**[01:37:02.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002206)  
And according to the same study, kung hindi ma-solusyonan, by 2030, aakyat ng 5.4 billion pesos a day.

**[01:37:13.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002207)  
So, anlaki po nun.

**[01:37:14.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002208)  
And to date, kinumpute ko po, kung accurate yung study, we've lost 13.7 trillion pesos already.

**[01:37:25.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002209)  
Twice the current budget.

**[01:37:28.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002210)  
So, ito po, kung nagtataka po yung ating mga kasama, ito po because of the inefficiencies ng congestion, time wasted, pollution, work-life balance compromised, productivity loss, opportunity loss, and so on and so forth.

**[01:37:43.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002211)  
So, napakalaking problema po nito, ito yung sinasabi ko na hinahabol natin yung mga allegedly corrupt, yun yung sins of commission, pero hindi natin napapansin yung sins of omission.

**[01:38:03.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002212)  
Which is, in this case, a lot bigger than any man-made or natural disaster that hit us.

**[01:38:13.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002213)  
So, it's a big problem.

**[01:38:13.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002214)  
So, dun po ang isang magiging relevance nung meritocracy bill.

**[01:38:18.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002215)  
It will address that and incentivize good performance

**[01:38:22.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002216)  
para proactively mabawasan yung sense of commission

**[01:38:26.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002217)  
at proactively ma-incentivize yung performance.

**[01:38:32.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002218)  
So, I just wanted to bring that up

**[01:38:36.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002219)  
and rest assured lahat po nung binanggit ninyo,

**[01:38:38.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002220)  
naka-record po yan,

**[01:38:40.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002221)  
at nandito po yung ating vice chair

**[01:38:42.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002222)  
at malalaman nyo rin po kung ano yung mga changes

**[01:38:47.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002223)  
that we will recommend to address all those concerns.

**[01:38:51.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002224)  
Salamat po.

**[01:38:51.880] John Castillo** (asr-002225)  
Thank you very much, Senior Vice Chair Abbott-Garcia.

**[01:38:54.720] John Castillo** (asr-002226)  
And to all our Vice Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations

**[01:38:58.920] John Castillo** (asr-002227)  
for engaging with the concerns of our CSO partners

**[01:39:02.840] John Castillo** (asr-002228)  
and answering their proposals raised by our civil society partners.

**[01:39:09.140] John Castillo** (asr-002229)  
Later on, we will discuss more about strengthening

**[01:39:11.680] John Castillo** (asr-002230)  
the participatory budget mechanisms,

**[01:39:14.640] John Castillo** (asr-002231)  
including the Philippine Budgeting Code.

**[01:39:17.040] John Castillo** (asr-002232)  
But for now, I think, as you all see,

**[01:39:20.720] John Castillo** (asr-002233)  
this exchange have been an important spirit of today's activity.

**[01:39:25.640] John Castillo** (asr-002234)  
Like, we listen from one another.

**[01:39:28.180] John Castillo** (asr-002235)  
We may come from different institutions and sectors,

**[01:39:31.280] John Castillo** (asr-002236)  
but meaningful budget-making requires that we listen to one another.

**[01:39:36.360] John Castillo** (asr-002237)  
So now, we move to the next major segment of our program.

**[01:39:40.360] John Castillo** (asr-002238)  
I think the launch is being...

**[01:39:41.680] John Castillo** (asr-002239)  
And it's already 12.13, and we're still on time for our part two of the program

**[01:39:48.760] John Castillo** (asr-002240)  
about CSO proposals on strengthening people's participation on the national budget.

**[01:39:55.400] John Castillo** (asr-002241)  
So how are we going about it?

**[01:39:57.820] John Castillo** (asr-002242)  
Again, if our CSO partners have their proposals, concerns, and recommendation

**[01:40:04.960] John Castillo** (asr-002243)  
on how to strengthen people's participation in the budget process,

**[01:40:09.200] John Castillo** (asr-002244)  
you may take the floor.

**[01:40:11.680] John Castillo** (asr-002245)  
If you have any questions, please raise your concerns.

**[01:40:13.680] John Castillo** (asr-002246)  
We will limit it again to two to three minutes.

**[01:40:15.680] John Castillo** (asr-002247)  
You can raise your hands or signify.

**[01:40:17.680] John Castillo** (asr-002248)  
I think I saw already Sir Tim to raise his concern.

**[01:40:23.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002249)  
Yes po, salamat.

**[01:40:25.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002250)  
I need to leave na rin.

**[01:40:27.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002251)  
[unclear] ako na alis ako ng 12.

**[01:40:29.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002252)  
But I wanted to ask for some clarifications on what transpired.

**[01:40:34.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002253)  
Kasi nagkaroon po kami ng meeting with the CPBRD nung nagkaroon ng consultation

**[01:40:40.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002254)  
with the CSOs.

**[01:40:41.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002255)  
Tapos, we waited about one and a half months to be provided new information.

**[01:40:47.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002256)  
So, within that process, we already sent questions to the DBM during the DBCC briefing,

**[01:40:54.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002257)  
as well as sa DPWH.

**[01:40:56.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002258)  
Tapos, we only heard their questions being read during the DILG.

**[01:40:59.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002259)  
Nagpapasalamat po kami kay Chair Mika Suansing that she actually asked the questions that we issued from the CODE-NGO.

**[01:41:07.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002260)  
So, I just want an explanation kung bakit ganyan yung nangyari,

**[01:41:10.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002261)  
na leave out particularly these two very important agencies that we submitted for,

**[01:41:16.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002262)  
yung DBM at DPWH.

**[01:41:18.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002263)  
As well, the week after, kasi di ba Thursday yung DILG,

**[01:41:23.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002264)  
nung OP naman, I understand nagbigay ng parliamentary courtesy.

**[01:41:27.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002265)  
So, hindi nabasa yung OP questions.

**[01:41:30.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002266)  
Baka pwede. I thought it would have been easy to just ask it.

**[01:41:34.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002267)  
I mean, anyway.

**[01:41:35.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002268)  
But also, the Department of Agriculture questions that the farmers also sent,

**[01:41:39.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002269)  
weren't also asked.

**[01:41:41.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002270)  
Hindi ko alam what is the reason for the inconsistencies?

**[01:41:44.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002271)  
And what can we do moving forward?

**[01:41:47.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002272)  
Ano ba yung, hindi ko na kasi maintindihan kung bakit hindi pwedeng maging resource persons yung CSOs.

**[01:41:53.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002273)  
Nagre-research din naman kami.

**[01:41:56.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002274)  
So baka pwede ninyo i-forward kasi [unclear] nakakaligtaan.

**[01:42:00.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002275)  
Baka kasi ang haba na ng hearing.

**[01:42:02.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002276)  
I understand seven hours na yung DA.

**[01:42:04.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002277)  
So baka kung pwede naman kami magsalita naman, pwede naman sana.

**[01:42:08.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002278)  
So at least yun lang po muna.

**[01:42:09.680] CODE-NGO Project Coordinator Timothy Salomon** (asr-002279)  
Salamat.

**[01:42:10.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002280)  
Well, actually that was my agency nung first na sumagot po.

**[01:42:22.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002281)  
But yung sagot po ni Chair Mika Suansing,

**[01:42:26.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002282)  
actually it was the first time na nabigay po sa amin yung questions n'yo.

**[01:42:31.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002283)  
So actually, CPBRD, I think you have to answer it

**[01:42:36.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002284)  
kasi hindi rin po namin alam kung anong nangyari

**[01:42:39.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002285)  
kasi dapat po pinasa po sa amin

**[01:42:42.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002286)  
with every agency.

**[01:42:44.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002287)  
So nung nakita po namin yun,

**[01:42:47.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002288)  
nalaman po namin

**[01:42:50.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002289)  
kaya po nag-explain kaagad si Chair Mika Suansing na

**[01:42:54.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002290)  
nagulat din po ako na first time na nabasa yung inyong katanungan.

**[01:42:59.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002291)  
So we apologize for that.

**[01:43:01.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002292)  
But on the part of the Appro Committee,

**[01:43:04.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002293)  
wala po kaming natanggap na mga tanong galing po sa inyo.

**[01:43:09.420] John Castillo** (asr-002294)  
Okay, thank you, Kong Arne, for that input.

**[01:43:11.420] John Castillo** (asr-002295)  
May we call on the members of anyone available from the task force

**[01:43:17.420] John Castillo** (asr-002296)  
on people's participation?

**[01:43:19.420] John Castillo** (asr-002297)  
Because as I made aware, one of the things that needs to happen first

**[01:43:24.420] John Castillo** (asr-002298)  
is to the guidelines and the task force.

**[01:43:28.420] John Castillo** (asr-002299)  
But I'm really not sure.

**[01:43:30.420] John Castillo** (asr-002300)  
So if we can hear from anyone from the task force on this matter or issue.

**[01:43:37.420] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002301)  
The question is...

**[01:43:44.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002302)  
For us, kasi it's...

**[01:43:46.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002303)  
It's...

**[01:43:47.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002304)  
It's...

**[01:43:48.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002305)  
Hindi na kailangang tanungin 'yun eh.

**[01:43:49.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002306)  
I mean, if you have questions, we read it.

**[01:43:51.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002307)  
So let the Secretary answer it.

**[01:43:54.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002308)  
But I'll answer lang as the resource person.

**[01:43:58.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002309)  
I think we have to study it.

**[01:43:59.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002310)  
Kasi sa rules po namin talaga,

**[01:44:02.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002311)  
usually, ginigrill po namin,

**[01:44:06.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002312)  
tinatanong namin is yung mga nasa agency, nagtatrabaho po sa gobyerno.

**[01:44:10.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002313)  
But nevertheless, yung ginagawa po natin ngayon na nagtatanong po kayo

**[01:44:14.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002314)  
at sinasagot naman po nila,

**[01:44:17.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002315)  
binabasa po namin,

**[01:44:19.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002316)  
is nakakapag-participate po kayo.

**[01:44:21.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002317)  
I don't think lang nasa rules po ng Congress

**[01:44:24.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002318)  
na puwede po kayo maging resource person

**[01:44:27.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002319)  
dahil ang resource person po talaga during the budget season,

**[01:44:33.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002320)  
yung po talaga ang agency na nagde-defend ng budget po nila.

**[01:44:37.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002321)  
And even agency na humihingi,

**[01:44:40.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002322)  
we call it, hirit,

**[01:44:42.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002323)  
na baka po hindi po napag-aralan talaga ng DBM

**[01:44:46.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002324)  
sa dami po ng fiscal space is masyadong masikip.

**[01:44:51.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002325)  
So ganoon po yung mga nangyayari.

**[01:44:55.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002326)  
So, but any questions naman po na galing sa inyo,

**[01:44:58.090] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002327)  
we are very much willing to read it.

**[01:45:00.140] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002328)  
and let them answer

**[01:45:02.060] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002329)  
para maging

**[01:45:02.980] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002330)  
maklaro po sa atin yung mga issues

**[01:45:05.960] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002331)  
ng bawat agency sa ating

**[01:45:08.020] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002332)  
pong gobyerno.

**[01:45:15.810] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002333)  
Number one, kaya nga sasabi ko

**[01:45:18.930] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002334)  
dapat ang sumagot

**[01:45:20.830] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002335)  
ang

**[01:45:21.270] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002336)  
CPBRD

**[01:45:23.970] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002337)  
but hindi po nakarating po sa amin.

**[01:45:27.730] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002338)  
Yes, kindly answer it.

**[01:45:29.030] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002339)  
Okay, sir. We will wait for

**[01:45:32.870] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002340)  
their response.

**[01:45:36.930] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002341)  
Miscommunication,

**[01:45:39.010] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002342)  
misunderstand, ano ba yan?

**[01:45:40.350] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002343)  
Hindi ko maintindihan eh.

**[01:45:41.530] John Castillo** (asr-002344)  
As we had the process earlier,

**[01:45:44.430] John Castillo** (asr-002345)  
we will hear all our concerns

**[01:45:46.050] John Castillo** (asr-002346)  
and then we will

**[01:45:48.050] John Castillo** (asr-002347)  
consolidate it and answer it as a panel

**[01:45:50.390] John Castillo** (asr-002348)  
and as we prepare

**[01:45:52.250] John Castillo** (asr-002349)  
for this one,

**[01:45:54.290] John Castillo** (asr-002350)  
for the concern of

**[01:45:56.150] John Castillo** (asr-002351)  
Mr. Thiem, we have a message

**[01:45:58.430] John Castillo** (asr-002352)  
from

**[01:45:59.150] John Castillo** (asr-002353)  
BTAG that they want to

**[01:46:01.810] John Castillo** (asr-002354)  
raise their concerns.

**[01:46:04.650] John Castillo** (asr-002355)  
Yes, ma'am. Please proceed.

**[01:46:06.930] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002356)  
Thank you so much.

**[01:46:09.110] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002357)  
Ako po yung vice, sorry,

**[01:46:10.830] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002358)  
if you don't mind, ako po yung

**[01:46:12.630] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002359)  
vice chair ng AGRI

**[01:46:14.230] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002360)  
but I wasn't able to attend

**[01:46:16.610] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002361)  
the hearing because I was

**[01:46:18.810] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002362)  
part of the 3.5 billion

**[01:46:20.610] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002363)  
loss because

**[01:46:22.070] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002364)  
na-stuck po lahat kami sa NLEX ng

**[01:46:24.210] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002365)  
sampung oras. So I'm sure na

**[01:46:26.450] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002366)  
doble yun because everybody was stuck there

**[01:46:28.750] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002367)  
and the amount of time, productivity

**[01:46:30.990] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002368)  
at lahat na

**[01:46:33.110] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002369)  
sa manan doob

**[01:46:34.130] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002370)  
which nobody can put a price on.

**[01:46:36.930] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002371)  
Hindi na may sure po doon.

**[01:46:39.570] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002372)  
So I'm sure that was not 3.5

**[01:46:41.470] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002373)  
B on those four days.

**[01:46:43.790] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002374)  
So sa amin naman po,

**[01:46:45.310] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002375)  
I didn't, I wasn't, we were not

**[01:46:47.270] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002376)  
made aware also, at least I didn't hear it from

**[01:46:49.270] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002377)  
the other vice chair, si Kong Teves

**[01:46:51.590] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002378)  
na meron pong tanong.

**[01:46:53.130] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002379)  
But again, if you will

**[01:46:54.450] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002380)  
if you would like to resubmit it sa amin,

**[01:46:59.750] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002381)  
we would be glad to give it

**[01:47:01.490] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002382)  
to the secretary

**[01:47:02.790] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002383)  
and you may receive a reason and answer

**[01:47:05.390] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002384)  
naman po.

**[01:47:06.930] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002385)  
Because we still have a number of

**[01:47:08.450] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002386)  
briefings before the plenary.

**[01:47:10.670] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002387)  
So we are, yeah, and even

**[01:47:12.550] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002388)  
during the plenary, we are

**[01:47:14.110] Rep. Anna York P. Bondoc, M.D.** (asr-002389)  
welcome naman po to answer your questions.

**[01:47:17.030] John Castillo** (asr-002390)  
Thank you, Vice Chair Anne.

**[01:47:18.830] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002391)  
So instead of

**[01:47:20.550] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002392)  
alamin natin kung ano nangyari,

**[01:47:23.070] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002393)  
yung hindi po natanong,

**[01:47:24.390] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002394)  
pwede natin itanong po sa plenary.

**[01:47:26.870] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002395)  
Ibibigay pa rin po namin sa inyo.

**[01:47:28.350] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002396)  
That is our commitment.

**[01:47:30.330] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002397)  
So yung hindi na itanong

**[01:47:32.170] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002398)  
during the agency, wala naman pong problema yun.

**[01:47:35.410] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002399)  
Very transparent

**[01:47:36.930] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002400)  
po tayo. It was an honest mistake.

**[01:47:39.430] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002401)  
So ayoko nang maghanap magturo

**[01:47:40.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002402)  
ang pakunsino. But definitely

**[01:47:42.950] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002403)  
ang gusto natin yung resulta.

**[01:47:45.050] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002404)  
Kung gusto nyong maklarify yun,

**[01:47:47.330] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002405)  
yung mga tanong na hindi po

**[01:47:48.610] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002406)  
natanong during the committee,

**[01:47:51.530] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002407)  
yung sa first pa lang,

**[01:47:53.070] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002408)  
sa plenary po, pwede naman po yun.

**[01:47:55.750] John Castillo** (asr-002409)  
Thank you, Vice Chair Arnie.

**[01:47:57.530] John Castillo** (asr-002410)  
We recognize...

**[01:47:58.530] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002411)  
And we make sure it doesn't happen again.

**[01:48:01.810] John Castillo** (asr-002412)  
Thank you, sir.

**[01:48:02.330] John Castillo** (asr-002413)  
We recognize Ms. April Joy Meneses

**[01:48:05.490] John Castillo** (asr-002414)  
from BTAG,

**[01:48:06.330] John Castillo** (asr-002415)  
to raise her concerns.

**[01:48:08.050] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002416)  
Hi, sir. Good afternoon.

**[01:48:10.190] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002417)  
I'm April Meneses.

**[01:48:11.310] John Castillo** (asr-002418)  
If it's okay with you.

**[01:48:13.670] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002419)  
I'm April Meneses,

**[01:48:15.570] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002420)  
the Executive Director of

**[01:48:17.650] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002421)  
ipaBITAGmo Incorporated.

**[01:48:19.650] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002422)  
We are the advocacy arm of

**[01:48:21.610] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002423)  
BTAG Media Network.

**[01:48:24.950] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002424)  
And I would like

**[01:48:26.290] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002425)  
to address this to

**[01:48:28.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002426)  
the Vice Chairpersons

**[01:48:30.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002427)  
and Chairman of

**[01:48:32.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002428)  
this committee.

**[01:48:34.770] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002429)  
The IBMI-NGO

**[01:48:36.330] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002430)  
has been actively pushing

**[01:48:37.890] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002431)  
for the bottom-up budgeting,

**[01:48:39.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002432)  
or the BUB.

**[01:48:40.450] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002433)  
It's actually the policy

**[01:48:42.450] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002434)  
or the program initiated

**[01:48:44.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002435)  
by the Pinoy administration.

**[01:48:46.650] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002436)  
It's a grassroot level

**[01:48:48.290] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002437)  
of a budgeting process.

**[01:48:50.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002438)  
Inaalam sa ibaba

**[01:48:51.410] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002439)  
kung ano po yung mga kailangan

**[01:48:52.770] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002440)  
ng mga proyekto or programa,

**[01:48:54.530] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002441)  
aktividad sa ibaba.

**[01:48:56.250] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002442)  
At inaakyat po sa LDC,

**[01:48:58.610] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002443)  
going to the RDC,

**[01:49:00.370] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002444)  
and to the national government.

**[01:49:02.730] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002445)  
Now, ang concern na po namin,

**[01:49:06.330] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002449)  
is how I wish,

**[01:49:08.930] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002450)  
or we encourage the lawmakers

**[01:49:10.430] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002451)  
to adopt this kind of budget process

**[01:49:13.450] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002452)  
para involve po yung mga tao

**[01:49:15.450] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002453)  
sa ibaba.

**[01:49:16.450] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002454)  
In so doing,

**[01:49:18.290] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002455)  
may iwasan po natin

**[01:49:20.050] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002456)  
yung mga nangyari in the past,

**[01:49:22.490] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002457)  
the ghost projects,

**[01:49:23.750] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002458)  
the unfinished projects,

**[01:49:25.410] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002459)  
or yung hindi na isasama po

**[01:49:28.290] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002460)  
yung mga request ng mga tao mismo

**[01:49:30.190] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002461)  
na nasa ibaba.

**[01:49:31.530] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002462)  
What we are actually,

**[01:49:33.770] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002463)  
actively pushing po is,

**[01:49:36.330] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002464)  
the implementation of that,

**[01:49:38.210] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002465)  
or the adoption of the lawmakers

**[01:49:40.970] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002466)  
in the budget process

**[01:49:42.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-002467)  
of the bottom-up budgeting.

**[01:49:43.810] John Castillo** (asr-002468)  
Thank you, Ma'am April.

**[01:49:47.330] John Castillo** (asr-002469)  
Any other concerns from our CSO partners

**[01:49:50.450] John Castillo** (asr-002470)  
with respect to the people's participation mechanism?

**[01:49:56.450] John Castillo** (asr-002471)  
How can we strengthen this?

**[01:49:58.650] John Castillo** (asr-002472)  
Yes, sir, AJ Montesa

**[01:50:01.090] John Castillo** (asr-002473)  
from People's Budget Coalition.

**[01:50:06.080] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002474)  
Yes. Good morning.

**[01:50:07.800] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002475)  
Good morning again, po.

**[01:50:08.400] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002476)  
So, I'd like to, again,

**[01:50:10.000] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002477)  
thank you, po, for acknowledging.

**[01:50:11.680] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002478)  
I think it's worth acknowledging

**[01:50:12.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002479)  
that you admitted the mistake

**[01:50:14.960] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002480)  
or the miscommunication that happened.

**[01:50:16.280] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002481)  
So, we're grateful that moving forward,

**[01:50:18.320] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002482)  
the questions will be included in the deliberations.

**[01:50:21.800] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002483)  
I think trying to go back and analyze

**[01:50:24.120] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002484)  
where the root of the problem was,

**[01:50:26.320] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002485)  
there was a House resolution last year

**[01:50:28.320] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002486)  
that really defined the structure,

**[01:50:29.880] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002487)  
the rules, the procedure.

**[01:50:31.640] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002488)  
So, perhaps that's something

**[01:50:32.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002489)  
that the House leadership can consider.

**[01:50:35.000] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002490)  
Baka pwede po,

**[01:50:35.800] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002491)  
because that House resolution covered

**[01:50:37.600] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002492)  
the 2026 budget cycle.

**[01:50:40.200] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002493)  
So, maybe this time

**[01:50:41.200] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002494)  
it's worth passing another House resolution

**[01:50:43.600] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002495)  
to cover this budget cycle

**[01:50:44.800] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002496)  
or even the next one

**[01:50:45.760] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002497)  
to make it more institutionalized.

**[01:50:48.080] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002498)  
And I understand, I think,

**[01:50:49.120] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002499)  
that there's legislation now

**[01:50:50.360] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002500)  
for the Philippine Budgeting Code.

**[01:50:52.320] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002501)  
So, we hope that the more structured

**[01:50:54.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002502)  
or more formal rules can really be considered

**[01:50:56.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002503)  
because, of course, even after this year,

**[01:50:59.960] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002504)  
we hope na magpapatuloy po siya

**[01:51:01.560] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002505)  
in a more structured way

**[01:51:03.080] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002506)  
para clear po yung, for us,

**[01:51:04.840] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002507)  
what we can expect and everything.

**[01:51:06.440] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002508)  
So, we will support all of these rules,

**[01:51:07.440] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002509)  
these legislation po. I think yung PBC, we were very active in trying to join the

**[01:51:11.880] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002510)  
committee hearings, we're pushing for the Cadena bill which would strengthen that.

**[01:51:15.420] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002511)  
Yung FOI, bicam na lang po yung kulang so sana din maipasa po yun. I think we have

**[01:51:21.060] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002512)  
some very practical recommendations. Last year when we did this po, we did

**[01:51:26.000] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002513)  
suggest that we have sort of a transparency server kind of thing like

**[01:51:30.300] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002514)  
the website. So for example, si CPBRD po nasa website po ng Congress na nandun po

**[01:51:34.940] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002515)  
ina-upload yung mga budget presentations sa ngayon po. So that's a good effort.

**[01:51:40.980] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002516)  
I think what we would also recommend is yung line items din po ng budget for

**[01:51:44.980] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002517)  
example, in the BARSc. Last year to be honest, honest feedback po. We were

**[01:51:50.660] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002518)  
surprised when the BARSc hearing was convened. We know it was

**[01:51:54.200] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002519)  
live-streamed but the schedule was not released in advance. So we were waiting

**[01:51:58.460] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002520)  
for when the schedule would be and then we learned on the day itself, ah may live

**[01:52:02.960] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002521)  
stream na pala yung BARSc.

**[01:52:04.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002522)  
So,

**[01:52:04.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002523)  
So, okay, so we're giving the feedback,

**[01:52:06.640] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002524)  
sana po ma-announce in advance yung mga schedules like this,

**[01:52:09.760] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002525)  
sana po itulo yung live stream,

**[01:52:11.180] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002526)  
and then even yung mga line item changes po,

**[01:52:13.440] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002527)  
sana po we can transparently see, track,

**[01:52:16.520] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002528)  
up to the committee report, up to the third reading version,

**[01:52:21.360] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002529)  
because sa ngayon po, I think the versions of the bills

**[01:52:24.260] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002530)  
are not yet posted on the website.

**[01:52:26.820] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002531)  
So we're hoping that we can have some sort of mechanism to track this.

**[01:52:30.720] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002532)  
Not to compare po, since you will have your own separate process,

**[01:52:34.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002533)  
but in the Senate po, they did have that website

**[01:52:37.120] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002534)  
where they would upload all of the documents complete.

**[01:52:40.380] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002535)  
So even, for example, yung proposals for infrastructure,

**[01:52:43.840] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002536)  
lahat ng line items po na yun, may in-upload po sila.

**[01:52:47.200] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002537)  
So what we're trying to say is, it's possible,

**[01:52:49.800] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002538)  
kaya po siyang gawin, and we are offering support.

**[01:52:52.360] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002539)  
We will be happy to provide technical support,

**[01:52:54.420] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002540)  
we will be happy to provide additional,

**[01:52:57.280] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002541)  
almost like staffing as civil society,

**[01:53:00.380] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002542)  
kasi marami po sa amin do this kind of work to begin with po.

**[01:53:03.300] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002543)  
So we really want to demonstrate that we're here to open that.

**[01:53:06.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002544)  
Practically speaking, what we do recommend is if we can use

**[01:53:09.720] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002545)  
machine-readable formats.

**[01:53:12.760] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002546)  
So machine-readable po, meaning naka-Excel file po,

**[01:53:15.560] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002547)  
it's easy to track them.

**[01:53:17.160] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002548)  
May standardized codes.

**[01:53:18.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002549)  
So in the NEP and the GAA, the DBM attaches a unified account code structure,

**[01:53:23.120] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002550)  
yung UACS.

**[01:53:24.140] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002551)  
So kahit baguhin yung name or yung title ng project,

**[01:53:27.400] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002552)  
pwede pa rin po siya i-track in case there are errors.

**[01:53:30.980] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002553)  
Rather than PDFs, which are very difficult,

**[01:53:33.280] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002554)  
difficult to work with,

**[01:53:35.000] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002555)  
mahirap po siya i-scan.

**[01:53:36.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002556)  
So yun po, these are all of our,

**[01:53:39.020] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002557)  
some of the recommendations that we have.

**[01:53:41.260] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002558)  
Again, we're very willing to help po,

**[01:53:43.220] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002559)  
to extend a hand, to provide technical support to all of this.

**[01:53:45.980] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002560)  
Alam po namin na all of the requests that we're asking for,

**[01:53:49.840] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002561)  
pwede din po kami mag-ambag dito sa proseso.

**[01:53:51.920] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-002562)  
So yun lamang po. Salamat.

**[01:53:53.400] John Castillo** (asr-002563)  
Thank you, Sir AJ, from People's Budget Coalition.

**[01:53:56.340] John Castillo** (asr-002564)  
Any other concerns with respect to strengthening people's participation

**[01:54:03.280] John Castillo** (asr-002565)  
on the national budget?

**[01:54:08.620] John Castillo** (asr-002566)  
Hearing none, may we call on our panelists

**[01:54:14.140] John Castillo** (asr-002567)  
to share their observation, feedbacks with respect to how

**[01:54:18.860] John Castillo** (asr-002568)  
to strengthen the people's participation

**[01:54:21.720] John Castillo** (asr-002569)  
on the national budget?

**[01:54:22.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002570)  
Yeah.

**[01:54:23.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002571)  
Thank you.

**[01:54:24.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002572)  
Thank you very much for all the suggestion, and keep in mind

**[01:54:27.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002573)  
that all those that you've suggested are well taken

**[01:54:32.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002574)  
and will be considered seriously.

**[01:54:34.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002575)  
Dun po sa unang concern.

**[01:54:35.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002576)  
Kung bakit hindi nabasa.

**[01:54:37.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002577)  
Sa amin, simple lang po.

**[01:54:42.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002578)  
Kung nakarating walang problema sa ating mga vice chair,

**[01:54:45.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002579)  
babasahin po namin talaga.

**[01:54:47.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002580)  
Pero siguro dahil nagsimula, tapos busy na lahat

**[01:54:53.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002581)  
with the respective departments na idedefend,

**[01:54:59.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002582)  
syempre inaaral po yan, hindi nakarating,

**[01:55:02.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002583)  
so hindi po nabasa.

**[01:55:05.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002584)  
Pero ang probably in the next,

**[01:56:04.850] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002585)  
few days.

**[01:56:05.850] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002586)  
Dahil kailangan natin mag-BARSc and executive committee meeting

**[01:56:10.510] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002587)  
before the start of the plenary.

**[01:56:13.570] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002588)  
So sa schedule natin, kailangan na natin mag-plenary next week, no, Vice Chair?

**[01:56:18.670] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002589)  
So we will have the BARSc before that.

**[01:56:21.170] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002590)  
Thank you.

**[01:56:22.170] John Castillo** (asr-002591)  
Thank you, Senior Vice Chair.

**[01:56:24.170] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002592)  
Can I add lang?

**[01:56:25.170] John Castillo** (asr-002593)  
Yes, Kong Arnie, sir.

**[01:56:26.480] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002594)  
To educate everyone, ang BARSc po hindi po puwedeng mag-amend or insert anyone, any congressman, kung hindi po nag-eminate yung request galing po sa agency.

**[01:56:42.440] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002599)  
So, kahit po alam namin na sinabi na po sa amin ng head ng agency na hinawakan namin,

**[01:56:48.740] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002600)  
pero kung wala pong official na sulat, hindi po 'yan pag-uusapan.

**[01:56:54.140] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002601)  
So lahat po na pag-uusapan sa BARSc is lahat po ng request nag-eminate po officially, signed

**[01:57:02.610] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002602)  
by the head of the agency.

**[01:57:08.870] John Castillo** (asr-002603)  
Okay.

**[01:57:09.520] John Castillo** (asr-002604)  
for that clarification, Vice Chair Arnie.

**[01:57:13.080] John Castillo** (asr-002605)  
Any other concerns from our panelists?

**[01:57:18.400] John Castillo** (asr-002606)  
From our CSO participants?

**[01:57:22.860] John Castillo** (asr-002607)  
I think our, currently, our event is being,

**[01:57:30.020] John Castillo** (asr-002608)  
Yes, yes, sir, from Philippine Association of Agriculturists, Inc.

**[01:57:36.180] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002609)  
Siguro, sir, sa mga sinabi ni Sir Tim,

**[01:57:39.140] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002610)  
next year po, siguro [unclear],

**[01:57:41.320] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002611)  
dapat sa DBCC pa lang

**[01:57:43.080] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002612)  
kasama na po ang CSO.

**[01:57:44.820] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002613)  
Yun lang po yung

**[01:57:45.380] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002614)  
kasi napakahalaga po na malaman na

**[01:57:48.500] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002615)  
doon pa lang makapag-raise na po kami ng concern

**[01:57:51.080] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002616)  
kasi on the budget matters,

**[01:57:53.120] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002617)  
sila lang naman ang sumasagot eh.

**[01:57:54.700] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002618)  
Wala namang ibang nakakapag-explain properly

**[01:57:58.060] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002619)  
ng mga queries na may kinalaman sa pera.

**[01:58:01.200] Philippine Association of Agriculturists NCR Chapter President Al Christian R. Hilario** (asr-002620)  
Yun lang po, maraming salamat.

**[01:58:02.160] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002621)  
Absolutely, you're very much welcome, no?

**[01:58:03.520] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002622)  
So wala namang problema po sa Appro Committee 'yun.

**[01:58:06.180] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002623)  
Kung makarating po agad yung questions,

**[01:58:08.680] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002624)  
then we will read it and they can answer.

**[01:58:11.760] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-002625)  
So just to clarify lang po.

**[01:58:14.080] John Castillo** (asr-002626)  
Thank you, Sir Al Christian.

**[01:58:22.490] John Castillo** (asr-002627)  
And that's a very helpful suggestion

**[01:58:24.730] John Castillo** (asr-002628)  
to look into the DBCC process

**[01:58:26.890] John Castillo** (asr-002629)  
because that's where things begin.

**[01:58:30.090] John Castillo** (asr-002630)  
Here, it's like NEP submission and evaluation

**[01:58:34.370] John Castillo** (asr-002631)  
of what's already there.

**[01:58:36.290] John Castillo** (asr-002632)  
Yes, just...

**[01:58:53.690] John Castillo** (asr-002633)  
So, at this point,

**[01:58:55.630] John Castillo** (asr-002634)  
we will have a 15-minute break for lunch

**[01:58:59.650] John Castillo** (asr-002635)  
so that we can enjoy our lunch more.

**[01:59:02.350] John Castillo** (asr-002636)  
While our panelists will have to attend to something

**[01:59:05.390] John Castillo** (asr-002637)  
that's a very important or urgent matter.

**[01:59:09.690] John Castillo** (asr-002638)  
But they will return, of course.

**[01:59:11.730] John Castillo** (asr-002639)  
Thank you very much, our panelists,

**[01:59:14.070] John Castillo** (asr-002640)  
SVC Abbott,

**[01:59:15.690] John Castillo** (asr-002641)  
and all our vice chairpersons from the Committee on APRO.

**[01:59:19.130] John Castillo** (asr-002642)  
At this point, also, may we remind

**[01:59:26.380] John Castillo** (asr-002643)  
our CSO partners who raised their position

**[01:59:30.560] John Castillo** (asr-002644)  
at their comments

**[01:59:31.800] John Castillo** (asr-002645)  
to submit their position papers.

**[01:59:36.480] John Castillo** (asr-002646)  
Or if it's already,

**[01:59:37.720] John Castillo** (asr-002647)  
we can ask our documentation team

**[01:59:39.740] John Castillo** (asr-002648)  
to screenshot your...

**[01:59:42.540] John Castillo** (asr-002649)  
whatever reference that you may have

**[01:59:45.140] John Castillo** (asr-002650)  
that you wish to share with us today.

**[01:59:47.520] John Castillo** (asr-002651)  
But better if you will email it formally to us,

**[01:59:51.100] John Castillo** (asr-002652)  
to the Task Force on People's Participation.

**[01:59:54.240] John Castillo** (asr-002653)  
Thank you very much.

**[02:00:00.460] John Castillo** (asr-002654)  
Okay, good afternoon everyone, and again, welcome to People's Budget Review with Civil Society Organizations.

**[02:00:07.980] John Castillo** (asr-002655)  
I hope you had your lunch and are ready for our next segment.

**[02:00:12.280] John Castillo** (asr-002656)  
Then again, we are very pleased to have with us today, again, 16 various civil society organizations and 24 representatives.

**[02:00:24.020] John Castillo** (asr-002657)  
We are also happy that we have with us the Honorable Senior Vice Chair from 2nd District of Bataan,

**[02:00:34.120] John Castillo** (asr-002658)  
Honorable Representative Albert S. Garcia, and our Vice Chairperson of the House Committee on Appropriations,

**[02:00:43.160] John Castillo** (asr-002659)  
Honorable Representative Reynante U. Arrogancia, Honorable Representative Bella Vanessa Suansing,

**[02:00:51.320] John Castillo** (asr-002660)  
Honorable Representative Monique Lagdameo.

**[02:00:54.020] John Castillo** (asr-002661)  
Thank you very much for coming to this event.

**[02:01:03.640] John Castillo** (asr-002662)  
Now, to proceed with our People's Budget Review, we have with us the Senior Vice Chair and the Committee on Appropriations,

**[02:01:19.110] John Castillo** (asr-002663)  
Honorable Representative Albert S. Garcia, to discuss and present about the people's budget.

**[02:01:26.230] John Castillo** (asr-002664)  
The Philippine Budgeting Code.

**[02:01:30.730] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002665)  
Okay, thank you very much, and once again, good afternoon to all of us.

**[02:01:37.330] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002666)  
I hope everyone has had their lunch.

**[02:01:41.710] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002667)  
We just went to the other side temporarily to address some issues in the Department of Labor and in TESDA.

**[02:01:52.210] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002668)  
Dr. Miral and his team, and everyone else, and our Vice Chair, we learned a lot from this.

**[02:02:10.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002669)  
We learned a lot from this conversation.

**[02:02:11.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002670)  
Na naka-record lahat po ng [unclear]. Mr. Montesa, kinausap po natin yung ating ComSec, si ComSec Leo, and he will be coordinating with our CPBRD nang sa ganun magkaroon tayo ng single portal, as you suggested, para hindi n'yo na hanap-hanapin. Although nasa social media po lahat ng mga proceedings na nangyayari, pero it can be quite

**[02:03:37.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002671)  
cumbersome

**[02:03:38.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002672)  
to get

**[02:03:39.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002676)  
all the

**[02:03:39.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002677)  
data, all the video.

**[02:03:43.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002678)  
So, ilalagay

**[02:03:45.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002679)  
na lang po sa isang

**[02:03:46.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002680)  
portal.

**[02:03:48.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002681)  
Lahat ng presentations

**[02:03:50.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002682)  
ng bawat department.

**[02:03:52.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002683)  
And itatry po lahat ng video rin po

**[02:03:55.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002684)  
habang natatapos yung

**[02:03:56.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002685)  
mga hearings. Kasi nakalive po lahat yan.

**[02:03:59.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002686)  
Itatry din ilagay

**[02:04:01.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002687)  
sa isang portal.

**[02:04:02.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002688)  
Para when you do the research,

**[02:04:04.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002689)  
nasa isang source na lang po.

**[02:04:06.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002690)  
And thank you for that suggestion.

**[02:04:08.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002691)  
So, si ComSec

**[02:04:10.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002692)  
Leo ng APRO will be coordinating

**[02:04:12.560] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002693)  
with Dr. Miral

**[02:04:14.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002694)  
to put up that site.

**[02:04:16.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002695)  
And hopefully, mauna yung data

**[02:04:18.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002696)  
then eventually yung mga video.

**[02:04:23.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002697)  
I would like

**[02:04:24.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002698)  
to brush on briefly

**[02:04:26.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002699)  
with regards to the meritocracy

**[02:04:28.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002700)  
because it answers a lot of

**[02:04:30.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002701)  
the concerns that

**[02:04:32.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002702)  
we are raising.

**[02:04:35.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002703)  
Galawang bagay po ito.

**[02:04:37.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002704)  
Yung

**[02:04:38.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002705)  
budget code which has

**[02:04:40.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002706)  
a component of meritocracy

**[02:04:42.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002707)  
para masakop yung national government

**[02:04:44.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002708)  
at yung amendment to the

**[02:04:46.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002709)  
seal of good local governance

**[02:04:48.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002710)  
to professionalize

**[02:04:50.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002711)  
local

**[02:04:51.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002712)  
governance as a whole from the

**[02:04:54.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002713)  
barangay, munisipyo,

**[02:04:56.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002714)  
city,

**[02:04:58.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002715)  
and province para

**[02:05:00.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002716)  
maging on the same page. So, I mentioned

**[02:05:02.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002717)  
earlier na ito pong

**[02:05:04.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002718)  
meritocracy

**[02:05:05.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002719)  
captures

**[02:05:08.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002720)  
in a mathematical

**[02:05:10.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002721)  
equation yung ambisyon natin

**[02:05:12.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002722)  
2040. So, you might be wondering

**[02:05:14.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002723)  
ano yung mathematical equation

**[02:05:16.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002724)  
na yun? And we consider

**[02:05:18.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002725)  
this

**[02:05:19.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002726)  
as an elegant

**[02:05:21.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002727)  
equation.

**[02:05:24.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002728)  
If I may say so, parang

**[02:05:26.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002729)  
E equals MC squared.

**[02:05:28.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002730)  
Parang ganon.

**[02:05:30.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002731)  
So, why did we do this?

**[02:05:35.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002732)  
Para

**[02:05:36.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002733)  
measurable

**[02:05:37.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002734)  
and

**[02:05:38.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002735)  
if we're going to do this, we're going to do this.

**[02:05:39.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002736)  
So, we're able to measure it sa mga management

**[02:05:41.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002737)  
expert, we're able to

**[02:05:44.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002738)  
improve it.

**[02:05:46.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002739)  
So, yung equation po

**[02:05:47.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002740)  
is what we

**[02:05:50.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002741)  
call HDI

**[02:05:51.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002742)  
plus plus.

**[02:05:53.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002743)  
So, a lot of us

**[02:05:55.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002744)  
know what HDI

**[02:05:57.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002745)  
is. It's a globally recognized

**[02:06:00.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002746)  
measure for quality of life.

**[02:06:02.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002747)  
Tatlo yung pillars niya.

**[02:06:04.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002748)  
Education,

**[02:06:06.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002749)  
health, and per capita income.

**[02:06:08.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002750)  
So, jobs and local economy.

**[02:06:09.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002751)  
Tapos, dinagdagan natin ng isang plus

**[02:06:12.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002752)  
para mas

**[02:06:12.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002753)  
mat-tweak natin in our setting

**[02:06:15.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002754)  
that first plus is peace and order

**[02:06:17.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002755)  
including accidents

**[02:06:19.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002756)  
dahil major cost

**[02:06:21.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002757)  
ng threat

**[02:06:24.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002758)  
to life

**[02:06:24.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002759)  
sa young age

**[02:06:28.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002760)  
group, katulad ni Vice Chair

**[02:06:29.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002761)  
Arnie.

**[02:06:31.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002762)  
And the second plus

**[02:06:34.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002763)  
is very important

**[02:06:35.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002764)  
globally at napaka-importante

**[02:06:37.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002765)  
sa setting ng Pilipinas

**[02:06:39.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002766)  
is

**[02:06:39.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002767)  
affordability.

**[02:06:41.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002768)  
Hindi inflation, although inflation has a lot

**[02:06:44.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002769)  
to do with it, but who

**[02:06:45.840] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002770)  
understands inflation?

**[02:06:48.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002771)  
So, affordability, dahil naintindihan natin

**[02:06:50.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002772)  
yung presyo ng basic commodities

**[02:06:52.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002773)  
na binibili natin sa ating

**[02:06:54.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002774)  
supermarket or public

**[02:06:56.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002775)  
market. So, itong lima na ito

**[02:06:58.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002776)  
is the summation

**[02:07:00.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002777)  
essentially

**[02:07:03.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002778)  
of ambition natin

**[02:07:04.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002779)  
2040. To improve

**[02:07:07.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002780)  
the life of every

**[02:07:08.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002781)  
Filipino.

**[02:07:09.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002782)  
In context.

**[02:07:12.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002783)  
So, aggregated po siya sa national

**[02:07:14.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002784)  
level, which

**[02:07:15.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002785)  
dahil mathematical equation na siya

**[02:07:17.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002786)  
pwedeng ma-disaggregate to

**[02:07:19.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002787)  
the regional level

**[02:07:21.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002788)  
para makita natin yung performance

**[02:07:23.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002789)  
ng mga regions, which

**[02:07:25.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002790)  
can further be disaggregated

**[02:07:28.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002791)  
to the provincial level

**[02:07:29.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002792)  
para makita rin natin yung

**[02:07:31.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002793)  
performance ng mga probinsya

**[02:07:33.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002794)  
and reward

**[02:07:35.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002795)  
accordingly

**[02:07:36.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002796)  
and can be disaggregated

**[02:07:39.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002797)  
to the congressional district level

**[02:07:42.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002798)  
para makita natin yung performance

**[02:07:44.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002799)  
ng ating district representatives

**[02:07:46.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002800)  
or party list

**[02:07:48.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002801)  
representative

**[02:07:49.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002802)  
kasi sinasabi nila yung kongreso

**[02:07:52.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002803)  
puro salita lang. Dito,

**[02:07:54.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002804)  
mame-measure natin yung performance

**[02:07:56.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002805)  
ng direct representative

**[02:07:58.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002806)  
of the people

**[02:08:00.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002807)  
not just in the national

**[02:08:02.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002808)  
budget, but in the national government

**[02:08:04.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002809)  
and further disaggregated

**[02:08:06.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002810)  
to the cities,

**[02:08:08.720] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002811)  
municipalities,

**[02:08:09.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002812)  
and barangays.

**[02:08:11.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002813)  
Imagine measuring that five

**[02:08:14.320] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002814)  
pillars of quality

**[02:08:16.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002815)  
of life up to the

**[02:08:18.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002816)  
granular level

**[02:08:20.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002817)  
of the barangays.

**[02:08:22.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002818)  
And dahil measurable na siya, by the way,

**[02:08:24.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002819)  
may proxy data sources

**[02:08:26.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002820)  
na ito, which we identified

**[02:08:28.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002821)  
and we can identify more

**[02:08:30.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002822)  
na for the IT

**[02:08:32.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002823)  
experts where

**[02:08:34.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002824)  
data comes to us

**[02:08:35.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002825)  
unlike yung mga survey na magastos

**[02:08:38.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002826)  
and can be inaccurate.

**[02:08:39.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002827)  
Where we chase data,

**[02:08:42.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002828)  
dito po baliktad.

**[02:08:43.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002829)  
Data comes to us for free

**[02:08:46.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002830)  
at kailangan lang ma-analyze

**[02:08:48.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002831)  
with the PSA,

**[02:08:50.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002832)  
DICT, COA,

**[02:08:52.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002833)  
para hindi lang process-based, pati outcome-based.

**[02:08:55.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002834)  
Sinasuggest ko rin po ito

**[02:08:56.860] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002835)  
kay ombudsman

**[02:08:57.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002836)  
Boeing Remolia

**[02:08:59.240] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002837)  
para mag-guard, sabi niya kailangan yung ombudsman

**[02:09:02.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002838)  
to be the guardians of the

**[02:09:04.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002839)  
not of the galaxy,

**[02:09:06.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002840)  
but of the budget.

**[02:09:07.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002841)  
So, para mabantayan,

**[02:09:09.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002842)  
yung sins of commission ma-prevent

**[02:09:12.380] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002843)  
and sins of omission,

**[02:09:14.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002844)  
yung performance.

**[02:09:16.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002845)  
So, imagine

**[02:09:17.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002846)  
mamimesure natin yun

**[02:09:18.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002847)  
in the very granular level

**[02:09:22.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002848)  
na pwedeng aggregate

**[02:09:23.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002849)  
pataas hanggang sa national level.

**[02:09:26.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002850)  
So, top

**[02:09:26.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002851)  
to bottom

**[02:09:27.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002852)  
and bottom up.

**[02:09:30.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002853)  
Context

**[02:09:31.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002854)  
changes

**[02:09:32.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002855)  
everything.

**[02:09:34.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002856)  
Yung pinag-uusapan natin dito

**[02:09:36.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002857)  
national level,

**[02:09:37.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002858)  
so we can talk the whole day.

**[02:09:39.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002859)  
Pero,

**[02:09:39.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002860)  
kung walang

**[02:09:39.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002862)  
konteksto,

**[02:09:41.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002863)  
we are not really solving

**[02:09:43.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002864)  
the problem. Kailangan

**[02:09:45.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002865)  
mapag-usapan natin

**[02:09:48.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002866)  
where the rubber hits the road.

**[02:09:50.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002867)  
So to speak, Vice Chair

**[02:09:52.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002868)  
Reynan. So pag ganon,

**[02:09:54.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002869)  
and in the bill

**[02:09:56.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002870)  
that I mentioned,

**[02:09:57.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002871)  
for every improvement

**[02:10:00.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002872)  
in HDI++

**[02:10:02.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002873)  
per quarter

**[02:10:03.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002874)  
reward. So yung local government support

**[02:10:06.300] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002875)  
fund, pag tapos na tong crisis

**[02:10:08.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002876)  
na shotgun, dahil

**[02:10:10.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002877)  
kailangan natin tulungan lahat, dahil lahat po

**[02:10:12.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002878)  
ay nagsasuffer.

**[02:10:14.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002879)  
After this,

**[02:10:16.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002880)  
pwede nang based on performance.

**[02:10:18.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002881)  
Yung local government support

**[02:10:20.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002882)  
fund, plus

**[02:10:21.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002883)  
the bottom-up budget process

**[02:10:24.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002884)  
na yung PAP

**[02:10:26.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002885)  
ng barangay

**[02:10:27.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002886)  
mapaprioritize PAP ng munisipyo,

**[02:10:31.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002887)  
PAP ng

**[02:10:31.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002888)  
programs.

**[02:10:34.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002889)  
Na ito essentially yung

**[02:10:36.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002890)  
ating national budget,

**[02:10:38.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002891)  
yung capital outlay

**[02:10:39.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002892)  
composed based on performance

**[02:10:42.120] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002893)  
across 42,000

**[02:10:45.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002894)  
barangays,

**[02:10:45.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002895)  
1,400 municipalities,

**[02:10:49.200] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002896)  
180 cities,

**[02:10:51.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002897)  
200 cities,

**[02:10:53.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002898)  
and 82 provinces,

**[02:10:57.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002899)  
plus

**[02:10:57.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002900)  
on the same page na po yung local government

**[02:10:59.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002901)  
sa national agencies,

**[02:11:02.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002902)  
local government support fund,

**[02:11:03.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002903)  
plus priori... [video jump] isang senador. How can this

**[02:11:05.800] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002904)  
budget code projects?

**[02:11:07.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002905)  
So, nahirapan sagutin

**[02:11:10.700] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002906)  
At hindi na po

**[02:11:12.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002907)  
malilito, before that,

**[02:11:15.160] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002908)  
talagang all-time

**[02:11:16.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002909)  
low

**[02:11:17.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002910)  
ang reputation

**[02:11:20.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002911)  
ng ating public servant.

**[02:11:22.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002912)  
Buti na lang po sa effort

**[02:11:23.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002913)  
sa effort ng leadership

**[02:11:26.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002914)  
ng house ni Speaker

**[02:11:28.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002915)  
Bodjie dy, ni Majority

**[02:11:30.640] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002916)  
Leader Sandro

**[02:11:32.080] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002917)  
Marcos, tumataas po

**[02:11:34.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002918)  
ng kaunti yung

**[02:11:35.760] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002919)  
approval of the

**[02:11:37.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002920)  
rating ng house. Pero

**[02:11:39.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002921)  
with meritocracy

**[02:11:40.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002922)  
passed into law,

**[02:11:43.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002923)  
probably it will be the main

**[02:11:45.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002924)  
reason to bring back

**[02:11:47.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002925)  
to bring back integrity

**[02:11:49.220] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002926)  
into public service.

**[02:11:51.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002927)  
So, I hope this

**[02:11:53.600] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002928)  
will give

**[02:11:55.180] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002929)  
much

**[02:11:57.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002930)  
many things

**[02:11:59.920] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002931)  
for us to look forward to

**[02:12:01.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002932)  
at

**[02:12:02.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002933)  
ma-professionalize po natin yung

**[02:12:05.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002934)  
ating governance.

**[02:12:07.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002935)  
From national to local.

**[02:12:09.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002936)  
At makita natin yung

**[02:12:11.040] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002937)  
rapid improvement and development

**[02:12:13.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002938)  
to the economy and the lives of the people.

**[02:12:15.820] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002939)  
At sana, ito po yung

**[02:12:17.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002940)  
maging jumpstart natin na makahabol

**[02:12:19.420] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002941)  
sa ating mga neighboring

**[02:12:21.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002942)  
countries. So, with that,

**[02:12:23.580] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002943)  
again, we thank

**[02:12:24.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002944)  
our CSOs, sila

**[02:12:27.360] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002945)  
Dr. Miral and their team.

**[02:12:30.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002946)  
We very much

**[02:12:31.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002947)  
appreciate this sa Komityon

**[02:12:33.280] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002948)  
Appropriation, together with our Vice Chair,

**[02:12:36.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002949)  
headed by our Chair,

**[02:12:37.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002950)  
Mika Swansing. Marami kaming

**[02:12:39.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002951)  
natutunan this morning

**[02:12:41.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002952)  
and this afternoon, at makakaasa

**[02:12:43.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002953)  
po kayo na yung feedback

**[02:12:45.680] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002954)  
sa inyong concerns and suggestions

**[02:12:47.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002955)  
ay ire-report po

**[02:12:50.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002956)  
namin sa inyo as we go

**[02:12:51.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002957)  
along this budget process

**[02:12:54.100] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002958)  
hanggang mapasa po itong

**[02:12:55.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002959)  
2027

**[02:12:58.340] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002960)  
General

**[02:12:59.520] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002961)  
Appropriations Act. So, wag po

**[02:13:01.900] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002962)  
sana kayong

**[02:13:02.620] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002963)  
lumubay. Let's continue

**[02:13:06.000] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002964)  
the engagement.

**[02:13:07.500] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002965)  
Let's improve as we go along

**[02:13:09.780] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002966)  
hanggang magkaroon tayo ng

**[02:13:11.440] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002967)  
mas efficient, mas harmonized

**[02:13:13.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002968)  
people's budget

**[02:13:16.020] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002969)  
that our country deserves.

**[02:13:18.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002970)  
So, maraming salamat po

**[02:13:19.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002971)  
and once again, good afternoon

**[02:13:21.880] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-002972)  
sa ating lahat.

**[02:13:23.940] John Castillo** (asr-002973)  
Thank you very much, Senior

**[02:13:25.820] John Castillo** (asr-002974)  
Vice Chair and Honorable

**[02:13:27.840] John Castillo** (asr-002975)  
Representative Abbott Garcia

**[02:13:29.500] John Castillo** (asr-002976)  
for your

**[02:13:32.080] John Castillo** (asr-002977)  
message and for setting the direction

**[02:13:34.040] John Castillo** (asr-002978)  
of today's activity.

**[02:13:35.860] John Castillo** (asr-002979)  
At this juncture, we will be

**[02:13:37.500] John Castillo** (asr-002980)  
now hear the statement

**[02:13:39.680] John Castillo** (asr-002981)  
from the Chairperson of the

**[02:13:41.580] John Castillo** (asr-002982)  
Committee on People's Participation,

**[02:13:44.080] John Castillo** (asr-002983)  
also the Vice Chair of

**[02:13:45.620] John Castillo** (asr-002984)  
Committee on Appropriation, from

**[02:13:47.620] John Castillo** (asr-002985)  
the 3rd District of Bataan,

**[02:13:49.640] John Castillo** (asr-002986)  
Honorable Representative Maria

**[02:13:51.540] John Castillo** (asr-002987)  
Angela Garcia.

**[02:13:53.340] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002988)  
Thank you very much, Sir John Ray.

**[02:13:56.060] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002989)  
Magandang-magandang hapon po

**[02:13:57.640] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002990)  
sa ating lahat, sa ating

**[02:13:59.640] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002991)  
mga people's organizations, CSOs,

**[02:14:02.840] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002992)  
kay Dr. Miral

**[02:14:03.760] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002993)  
and sa members po ng task force,

**[02:14:06.220] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002994)  
syempre po sa mga kapo,

**[02:14:07.500] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002995)  
ako pong mga Vice Chairpersons

**[02:14:09.940] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002996)  
ng Committee on Appropriation

**[02:14:11.460] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002997)  
sa lahat po ng ating mga lingkod bayan.

**[02:14:13.760] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002998)  
Muli po, magandang-magandang hapon po.

**[02:14:16.840] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-002999)  
The national

**[02:14:17.880] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003000)  
budget is the people's

**[02:14:19.900] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003001)  
budget. It must

**[02:14:21.820] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003002)  
reflect the needs and priorities

**[02:14:23.760] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003003)  
of our people

**[02:14:25.520] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003004)  
and translate public resources

**[02:14:27.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003005)  
into measurable

**[02:14:29.540] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003006)  
improvements in their lives.

**[02:14:32.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003007)  
People's participation

**[02:14:33.640] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003008)  
in planning and

**[02:14:35.860] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003009)  
budgeting is not a

**[02:14:37.500] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003010)  
really that new.

**[02:14:39.420] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003011)  
Our existing bottom-up budget

**[02:14:41.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003012)  
process already provides

**[02:14:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003013)  
avenues for this participation.

**[02:14:46.900] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003014)  
From the Barangay

**[02:14:47.940] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003015)  
Development Council,

**[02:14:49.840] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003016)  
Municipal and City Development

**[02:14:51.420] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003017)  
Councils, Provincial Development

**[02:14:53.900] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003018)  
Councils, up to the Regional

**[02:14:55.580] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003019)  
Development Councils,

**[02:14:57.480] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003020)  
where the regional offices

**[02:14:59.240] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003021)  
of

**[02:15:00.000] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003022)  
national government agencies also

**[02:15:02.300] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003023)  
participate in planning

**[02:15:04.240] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003024)  
and prioritization.

**[02:15:06.740] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003025)  
Through these mechanisms,

**[02:15:08.360] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003026)  
community needs and development priorities

**[02:15:10.520] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003027)  
are identified,

**[02:15:12.420] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003028)  
consolidated, and elevated

**[02:15:14.620] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003029)  
from the local to the

**[02:15:16.360] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003030)  
regional level.

**[02:15:18.100] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003031)  
At the same time, national

**[02:15:20.100] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003032)  
agencies formulate their plans

**[02:15:22.480] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003033)  
and budget proposals

**[02:15:24.180] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003034)  
based on their mandates,

**[02:15:26.580] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003035)  
sectoral priorities,

**[02:15:28.540] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003036)  
technical assessments,

**[02:15:30.000] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003037)  
and national development objectives.

**[02:15:33.460] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003038)  
And at the center

**[02:15:34.560] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003039)  
of the national budget process

**[02:15:36.620] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003040)  
is the Development Budget

**[02:15:38.660] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003041)  
Coordination Committee,

**[02:15:40.480] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003042)  
or DBCC, where

**[02:15:42.320] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003043)  
fiscal capacity, economic

**[02:15:44.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003044)  
targets, government

**[02:15:46.300] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003045)  
priorities, and the overall

**[02:15:48.540] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003046)  
expenditure framework

**[02:15:50.080] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003047)  
come together to shape the resources

**[02:15:52.720] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003048)  
available for the national

**[02:15:54.420] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003049)  
budget. So the

**[02:15:56.440] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003050)  
challenge, in my

**[02:15:58.660] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003051)  
opinion, is

**[02:15:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003052)  
not the absence of bottom-up

**[02:16:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003053)  
participation. The challenge

**[02:16:04.500] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003054)  
is harmonization.

**[02:16:06.640] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003055)  
What happens when

**[02:16:07.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003056)  
priorities identified from the ground

**[02:16:10.100] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003057)  
up meet national

**[02:16:11.840] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003058)  
agency priorities,

**[02:16:13.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003059)  
fiscal constraints, and

**[02:16:15.880] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003060)  
ultimately the top-down allocation

**[02:16:18.080] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003061)  
and final prioritization

**[02:16:20.300] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003062)  
of programs and projects

**[02:16:22.140] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003063)  
in the national budget?

**[02:16:24.800] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003064)  
How do we ensure

**[02:16:26.320] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003065)  
that priorities identified

**[02:16:28.480] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003066)  
and validated from the barangay

**[02:16:29.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003067)  
to the regional level

**[02:16:31.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003068)  
are meaningfully

**[02:16:33.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003069)  
considered when decisions are made

**[02:16:35.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003070)  
on what gets funded,

**[02:16:37.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003071)  
where resources are allocated,

**[02:16:39.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003072)  
and which needs receive

**[02:16:41.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003073)  
priority?

**[02:16:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003074)  
This is an important space

**[02:16:45.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003075)  
for strengthening people's

**[02:16:47.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003076)  
participation in the national

**[02:16:49.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003077)  
budget process.

**[02:16:51.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003078)  
Early in the 20th Congress,

**[02:16:53.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003079)  
the House adopted House Resolution

**[02:16:55.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003080)  
No. 3, recognizing

**[02:16:57.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003081)  
the importance of people's participation

**[02:16:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003082)  
in the national budget

**[02:17:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003083)  
process. Follow the issuance

**[02:17:03.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003084)  
of the interim guidelines

**[02:17:05.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003085)  
on people's organizations

**[02:17:09.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003086)  
engagement in the national

**[02:17:11.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003087)  
government budget legislation

**[02:17:13.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003088)  
and oversight. These

**[02:17:15.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003089)  
were important first steps.

**[02:17:17.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003090)  
And today, six

**[02:17:19.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003091)  
legislative measures relating to

**[02:17:21.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003092)  
public participation in

**[02:17:23.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003093)  
the national budget process

**[02:17:25.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003094)  
are pending before the Committee

**[02:17:27.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003095)  
on People's Participation.

**[02:17:29.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003096)  
Our opportunity

**[02:17:31.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003097)  
now is to study these measures

**[02:17:33.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003098)  
together with our stakeholders.

**[02:17:37.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003099)  
Strengthen what already works,

**[02:17:39.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003100)  
address the gaps,

**[02:17:41.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003101)  
and ultimately move from an

**[02:17:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003102)  
interim mechanism toward

**[02:17:45.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003103)  
a permanent and institutionalized

**[02:17:47.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003104)  
framework for meaningful

**[02:17:49.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003105)  
people's participation.

**[02:17:51.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003106)  
But of course,

**[02:17:53.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003107)  
meaningful participation

**[02:17:55.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003108)  
must also be evidence-based

**[02:17:57.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003109)  
and data-driven.

**[02:17:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003110)  
A people's budget

**[02:18:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003111)  
cannot simply be a collection

**[02:18:03.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003112)  
of requests. Whether

**[02:18:05.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003113)  
priorities come from government,

**[02:18:07.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003114)  
civil society organizations,

**[02:18:09.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003115)  
or people's organizations,

**[02:18:11.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003116)  
they should be supported

**[02:18:13.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003117)  
by data, demonstrated

**[02:18:15.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003118)  
need, and evidence

**[02:18:17.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003119)  
of the outcomes that

**[02:18:19.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003120)  
they are intended

**[02:18:21.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003121)  
to achieve.

**[02:18:23.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003122)  
Our CSOs and POs

**[02:18:25.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003123)  
are valuable partners

**[02:18:27.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003124)  
because they bring essential

**[02:18:29.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003125)  
ground-level perspective.

**[02:18:31.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003126)  
The realities experienced

**[02:18:33.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003127)  
by communities,

**[02:18:35.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003128)  
the needs of vulnerable sectors,

**[02:18:37.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003129)  
and the actual impact

**[02:18:39.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003130)  
of government programs.

**[02:18:41.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003131)  
But this ground-level

**[02:18:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003132)  
knowledge becomes

**[02:18:45.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003133)  
even more powerful

**[02:18:47.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003134)  
when supported by data

**[02:18:49.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003135)  
and evidence.

**[02:18:51.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003136)  
CSOs and POs can be partners

**[02:18:53.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003137)  
not only in articulating

**[02:18:55.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003138)  
community needs, but

**[02:18:57.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003139)  
also in validating priorities,

**[02:18:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003140)  
assessing impact,

**[02:19:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003141)  
and helping determine

**[02:19:03.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003142)  
what works and what does not.

**[02:19:05.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003143)  
This allows

**[02:19:07.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003144)  
people's participation to move

**[02:19:09.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003145)  
beyond consultation

**[02:19:11.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003146)  
toward informed participation,

**[02:19:13.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003147)  
where government and

**[02:19:15.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003148)  
citizens can make better decisions

**[02:19:17.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003149)  
about where limited

**[02:19:19.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003150)  
public resources can achieve

**[02:19:21.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003151)  
greater impact.

**[02:19:23.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003152)  
And ultimately,

**[02:19:25.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003153)  
the real bottom line is not

**[02:19:27.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003154)  
how much government spends,

**[02:19:29.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003155)  
but what we achieve

**[02:19:31.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003156)  
for our people.

**[02:19:33.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003157)  
Like what Kong Abet said,

**[02:19:35.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003158)  
we want to answer

**[02:19:37.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003159)  
questions like,

**[02:19:39.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003160)  
did we reduce poverty

**[02:19:41.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003161)  
and improve household incomes?

**[02:19:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003162)  
Did we improve health

**[02:19:45.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003163)  
and education?

**[02:19:47.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003164)  
Did we create jobs, livelihoods,

**[02:19:49.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003165)  
investments,

**[02:19:51.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003166)  
and economic opportunities?

**[02:19:53.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003167)  
Did we make basic needs

**[02:19:55.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003168)  
and the cost of living

**[02:19:57.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003169)  
more affordable?

**[02:19:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003170)  
Did we improve peace and order

**[02:20:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003171)  
and make our communities safer?

**[02:20:03.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003172)  
Did we improve access,

**[02:20:05.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003173)  
infrastructure, mobility,

**[02:20:07.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003174)  
connectivity, and essential

**[02:20:09.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003175)  
services?

**[02:20:11.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003176)  
And did we make our communities

**[02:20:13.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003177)  
more resilient and sustainable?

**[02:20:15.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003178)  
These are the broader

**[02:20:17.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003179)  
Human Development Index

**[02:20:19.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003180)  
plus plus outcomes

**[02:20:21.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003181)  
that should guide our budget priorities

**[02:20:23.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003182)  
and how we measure

**[02:20:25.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003183)  
government performance.

**[02:20:27.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003184)  
These outcomes should provide

**[02:20:29.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003185)  
a common direction across government

**[02:20:31.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003186)  
from barangay, municipality,

**[02:20:33.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003187)  
city, province, and region

**[02:20:35.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003188)  
all the way to our national

**[02:20:37.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003189)  
government agencies.

**[02:20:39.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003190)  
But we should also remember

**[02:20:41.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003191)  
that governance is a

**[02:20:43.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003192)  
shared responsibility.

**[02:20:45.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003193)  
Government has the responsibility

**[02:20:47.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003194)  
to listen, use public

**[02:20:49.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003195)  
resources wisely,

**[02:20:51.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003196)  
deliver effectively,

**[02:20:53.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003197)  
and be accountable for results.

**[02:20:55.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003198)  
But meaningful participation

**[02:20:57.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003199)  
also calls citizens,

**[02:20:59.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003200)  
CSOs, POs

**[02:21:01.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003201)  
to engage constructively,

**[02:21:03.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003202)  
responsibly,

**[02:21:05.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003203)  
and on the basis of evidence.

**[02:21:07.980] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003204)  
So the Committee on People's

**[02:21:12.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003205)  
Participation is committed

**[02:21:14.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003206)  
to building on the progress

**[02:21:16.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003207)  
that has already been made.

**[02:21:18.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003208)  
We intend to study and work with our

**[02:21:20.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003209)  
stakeholders on how we can

**[02:21:22.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003210)  
strengthen the existing mechanisms,

**[02:21:24.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003211)  
address gaps in implementation,

**[02:21:26.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003212)  
and ultimately transition

**[02:21:28.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003213)  
from the interim guidance

**[02:21:30.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003214)  
to a permanent legislative framework

**[02:21:32.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003215)  
for the people's participation

**[02:21:34.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003216)  
in the national budget process.

**[02:21:36.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003217)  
As we move forward,

**[02:21:38.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003218)  
the Committee on People's Participation

**[02:21:40.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003219)  
looks forward to working closely

**[02:21:42.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003220)  
with all of you,

**[02:21:44.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003221)  
not only in reviewing the budget

**[02:21:46.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003222)  
but in building a system

**[02:21:48.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003223)  
where participation is recognized

**[02:21:50.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003224)  
as a regular, credible,

**[02:21:52.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003225)  
and meaningful part

**[02:21:54.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003226)  
of the national budget process.

**[02:21:56.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003227)  
Maraming maraming salamat po sa ating lahat.

**[02:21:58.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003228)  
We look forward to

**[02:22:00.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003229)  
our partnerships,

**[02:22:02.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003230)  
hindi lang po sa araw na ito,

**[02:22:04.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003231)  
pero po sa buong taon,

**[02:22:06.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003232)  
sa buong tatlong taon,

**[02:22:08.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003233)  
sa buong relationship

**[02:22:10.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003234)  
na ating binubuo at pinapalakas.

**[02:22:12.600] Rep. Maria Angela S. Garcia** (asr-003235)  
Maraming salamat po.

**[02:22:14.600] John Castillo** (asr-003236)  
Thank you very much

**[02:22:16.600] John Castillo** (asr-003237)  
Chairperson Gila Garcia.

**[02:22:18.600] John Castillo** (asr-003238)  
At this juncture,

**[02:22:20.600] John Castillo** (asr-003239)  
ladies and gentlemen,

**[02:22:22.600] John Castillo** (asr-003240)  
we are nearing the final segment

**[02:22:24.600] John Castillo** (asr-003241)  
of our today's People's Budget Review.

**[02:22:26.600] John Castillo** (asr-003242)  
This morning,

**[02:22:28.600] John Castillo** (asr-003243)  
we've spent listening to the concerns

**[02:22:30.600] John Castillo** (asr-003244)  
of the 16 CSOs and perspectives

**[02:22:32.600] John Castillo** (asr-003245)  
and their perspectives

**[02:22:34.600] John Castillo** (asr-003246)  
on the 2027 National Budget.

**[02:22:36.600] John Castillo** (asr-003247)  
We have exchanged views

**[02:22:38.600] John Castillo** (asr-003248)  
from the panelists,

**[02:22:40.600] John Castillo** (asr-003249)  
from our vice-chairs,

**[02:22:42.600] John Castillo** (asr-003250)  
we've heard responses from the House,

**[02:22:44.600] John Castillo** (asr-003251)  
and we've discussed concrete proposals

**[02:22:46.600] John Castillo** (asr-003252)  
for strengthening people's participation

**[02:22:48.600] John Castillo** (asr-003253)  
in the budget process

**[02:22:50.600] John Castillo** (asr-003254)  
and more importantly

**[02:22:52.600] John Castillo** (asr-003255)  
on the substantive issues

**[02:22:54.600] John Castillo** (asr-003256)  
in the 2027 National Budget.

**[02:22:56.600] John Castillo** (asr-003257)  
At this point,

**[02:22:58.600] John Castillo** (asr-003258)  
may we hear

**[02:23:00.600] John Castillo** (asr-003259)  
the final message

**[02:23:02.600] John Castillo** (asr-003260)  
or highlights of our dialogues

**[02:23:04.600] John Castillo** (asr-003261)  
and moving forward

**[02:23:06.600] John Castillo** (asr-003262)  
as we hold this second cycle

**[02:23:08.600] John Castillo** (asr-003263)  
of People's Budget Review.

**[02:23:10.600] John Castillo** (asr-003264)  
We will hear

**[02:23:12.600] John Castillo** (asr-003265)  
from our CSO representatives

**[02:23:14.600] John Castillo** (asr-003266)  
if they have their final message

**[02:23:16.600] John Castillo** (asr-003267)  
as well as from our panelists

**[02:23:18.600] John Castillo** (asr-003268)  
before we end this event.

**[02:23:20.600] John Castillo** (asr-003269)  
So,

**[02:23:22.600] John Castillo** (asr-003270)  
may we call on first

**[02:23:24.600] John Castillo** (asr-003271)  
anyone from the floor?

**[02:23:26.600] John Castillo** (asr-003272)  
Anyone from the group?

**[02:23:28.600] John Castillo** (asr-003273)  
Yes, Ms. Isabel from Move Us One Club.

**[02:23:30.600] John Castillo** (asr-003274)  
Coalition.

**[02:23:32.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003275)  
Maraming salamat po

**[02:23:34.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003276)  
Kong Abbott and the panel

**[02:23:36.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003277)  
who shared po

**[02:23:38.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003278)  
yung mga steps

**[02:23:40.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003279)  
po natin moving forward.

**[02:23:42.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003280)  
Again, thank you for the commitment

**[02:23:44.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003281)  
to work on the House portal

**[02:23:46.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003282)  
for budget transparency.

**[02:23:48.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003283)  
Maraming salamat din po sa mga batas

**[02:23:50.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003284)  
or mga bills po na ating

**[02:23:52.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003285)  
pinuput forward po.

**[02:23:54.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003286)  
Just to, I guess, summarize po

**[02:23:56.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003287)  
yung mga kasamahan ko po na CSOs,

**[02:23:58.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003288)  
we acknowledge po that

**[02:24:00.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003289)  
some of these laws

**[02:24:02.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003290)  
take time to pass.

**[02:24:04.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003291)  
So, kaya po gusto ko sanang i-bring up

**[02:24:06.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003292)  
something that can be done right away

**[02:24:08.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003293)  
even today by the Committee on

**[02:24:10.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003294)  
Appropriations and the Committee on

**[02:24:12.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003295)  
People's Participation.

**[02:24:14.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003296)  
Yung House resolution po

**[02:24:16.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003297)  
on the guidelines for civil society

**[02:24:18.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003298)  
participation na last year po

**[02:24:20.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003299)  
around August po siya na-issue

**[02:24:22.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003300)  
at na-release, hindi pa po siya na-issue

**[02:24:24.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003301)  
for this budget cycle.

**[02:24:26.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003302)  
Nagsimula po yung hearings

**[02:24:28.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003303)  
pero wala pa pong formal guidelines

**[02:24:30.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003304)  
kung pa sa. We've followed up

**[02:24:32.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003305)  
multiple times and we have the receipts po

**[02:24:34.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003306)  
to back it up po.

**[02:24:36.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003307)  
And kita po natin yung resulta

**[02:24:38.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003308)  
when formal rules are not

**[02:24:40.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003309)  
present. We have yung mga

**[02:24:42.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003310)  
na-share po kanina on agriculture

**[02:24:44.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003311)  
na hindi po natanong yung questions nila

**[02:24:46.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003312)  
kasi wala pa po rules nung time

**[02:24:48.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003313)  
na to hanggang ngayon. Meron din

**[02:24:50.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003314)  
pong issues na even our

**[02:24:52.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003315)  
House passes can't be processed

**[02:24:54.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003316)  
because there's no guidelines po, wala pong

**[02:24:56.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003317)  
guidelines kung paano kami magsasubmit

**[02:24:58.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003318)  
ng pangalan nung time po na yun.

**[02:25:00.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003319)  
Hanggang ngayon po, hindi pa po

**[02:25:02.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003320)  
ito formal rules. So yun po

**[02:25:04.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003321)  
yung ano po

**[02:25:06.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003322)  
pangarap po ng civil society.

**[02:25:08.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003323)  
Last year po, the guidelines

**[02:25:10.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003324)  
were released before

**[02:25:12.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003325)  
all the hearings. And

**[02:25:14.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003326)  
kung may ano po, o dapat po

**[02:25:16.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003327)  
sana na ituloy yun.

**[02:25:18.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003328)  
So this time po

**[02:25:20.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003329)  
we were told na under

**[02:25:22.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003330)  
consideration para po siya ng APRO.

**[02:25:24.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003331)  
The guidelines po are under consideration

**[02:25:26.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003332)  
para po ng APRO. Again po,

**[02:25:28.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003333)  
just to end, we'd like to seek and explain

**[02:25:30.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003334)  
explanation po or maybe a rationale

**[02:25:32.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003335)  
why it couldn't be released before the

**[02:25:34.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003336)  
hearings this year and to prevent

**[02:25:36.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003337)  
po a possible sin of

**[02:25:38.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003338)  
omission if we are unable

**[02:25:40.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003339)  
to issue these guidelines.

**[02:25:42.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003340)  
Pwede po ba namin kunin ang commitment

**[02:25:44.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003341)  
ng panel for the House

**[02:25:46.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003342)  
to pass a resolution on this

**[02:25:48.600] Move As One Coalition Representative Ysabel Eugene G. Agregado** (asr-003343)  
as soon as possible po? Maraming salamat.

**[02:25:50.600] John Castillo** (asr-003344)  
Thank you Ms. Isabel. We now

**[02:25:52.600] John Castillo** (asr-003345)  
hear from the

**[02:25:54.600] John Castillo** (asr-003346)  
People's Budget Coalition, Mr.

**[02:25:56.600] John Castillo** (asr-003347)  
Adolfo Montesa.

**[02:26:02.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003348)  
Yes. Again, good afternoon po.

**[02:26:04.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003349)  
We're very grateful that

**[02:26:06.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003350)  
you're here po with us, that you're

**[02:26:08.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003351)  
hearing us out, that you're very open

**[02:26:10.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003352)  
to this dialogue. Our hope really is

**[02:26:12.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003353)  
that if we want a people-centered

**[02:26:14.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003354)  
budget, that the people will also be

**[02:26:16.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003355)  
at the center of the process.

**[02:26:18.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003356)  
Aside from line items, programs, and

**[02:26:20.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003357)  
projects, process is very important.

**[02:26:22.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003358)  
Institutions are very important.

**[02:26:24.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003359)  
You, the panel here,

**[02:26:26.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003360)  
express their openness to hear us out.

**[02:26:28.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003361)  
But we hope that this can be institutionalized

**[02:26:30.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003362)  
as clear rules so that

**[02:26:32.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003363)  
even in the future, this can

**[02:26:34.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003364)  
be implemented. I think

**[02:26:36.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003365)  
the people have not forgotten

**[02:26:38.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003366)  
all the issues with flood control and the budget.

**[02:26:40.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003367)  
So really, it cannot be business

**[02:26:42.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003368)  
as usual. We can't go back to normal.

**[02:26:44.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003369)  
I think there really is

**[02:26:46.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003370)  
a drive to restore trust in the

**[02:26:48.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003371)  
process. And we, as people's organizations,

**[02:26:50.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003372)  
we're very willing to participate.

**[02:26:52.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003373)  
We're very willing to lend a hand,

**[02:26:54.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003374)  
to be your partners, and collaborate on this.

**[02:26:56.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003375)  
And we're very grateful for the

**[02:26:58.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003376)  
openness po of the

**[02:27:00.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003377)  
members of Congress who are here today.

**[02:27:02.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003378)  
So we do hope that you will consider

**[02:27:04.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003379)  
the issues that we flagged, the lack of

**[02:27:06.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003380)  
funding for education, for transportation,

**[02:27:08.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003381)  
for agriculture, all these

**[02:27:10.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003382)  
different sectors. But also,

**[02:27:12.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003383)  
we do hope that the

**[02:27:14.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003384)  
past practices of Congress,

**[02:27:16.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003385)  
for example, emphasizing

**[02:27:18.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003386)  
ayuda programs or politicized infrastructure

**[02:27:20.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003387)  
projects, these are some things that

**[02:27:22.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003388)  
we are constantly monitoring.

**[02:27:24.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003389)  
And we hope that by flagging these,

**[02:27:26.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003390)  
we can have a more

**[02:27:28.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003391)  
rationalized budget

**[02:27:30.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003392)  
free from corruption po. We'll be

**[02:27:32.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003393)  
happy to, again, lend a hand and participate

**[02:27:34.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003394)  
in this. But I think it will really start

**[02:27:36.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003395)  
po if we have clear guidelines

**[02:27:38.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003396)  
on how we can engage directly po

**[02:27:40.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003397)  
with the process. Ayun lang po. Again, we're very

**[02:27:42.540] People's Budget Coalition Co-convenor Adolfo Jose Montesa** (asr-003398)  
grateful. Maraming salamat po.

**[02:27:44.540] John Castillo** (asr-003399)  
Thank you very much, Sir AJ, from the People's

**[02:27:46.540] John Castillo** (asr-003400)  
Budget Coalition. Just to

**[02:27:48.540] John Castillo** (asr-003401)  
clarify with respect

**[02:27:50.540] John Castillo** (asr-003402)  
to Ms. Isabel, the

**[02:27:52.540] John Castillo** (asr-003403)  
guidelines is under the consideration

**[02:27:54.540] John Castillo** (asr-003404)  
of the Task Force on People's

**[02:27:56.540] John Castillo** (asr-003405)  
Participation, which committee

**[02:27:58.540] John Castillo** (asr-003406)  
and APRO is a member. But there are

**[02:28:00.540] John Castillo** (asr-003407)  
other teams,

**[02:28:02.540] John Castillo** (asr-003408)  
evaluating or finalizing

**[02:28:04.540] John Castillo** (asr-003409)  
the respective guidelines.

**[02:28:06.540] John Castillo** (asr-003410)  
Thank you, Ms. Isabel. We now call on

**[02:28:08.540] John Castillo** (asr-003411)  
Ms. Eunice,

**[02:28:10.540] John Castillo** (asr-003412)  
Ms. Ay, yes, Sir.

**[02:28:12.540] John Castillo** (asr-003413)  
SVC Abbott,

**[02:28:14.540] John Castillo** (asr-003414)  
yes, Sir.

**[02:28:14.940] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003414-split-2)  
So, gusto ko lang

**[02:28:16.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003415)  
dagdag na while the

**[02:28:18.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003416)  
new guidelines is under consideration

**[02:28:20.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003417)  
by the Task Force,

**[02:28:22.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003418)  
in the meantime, the previous guidelines

**[02:28:24.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003419)  
is still in effect.

**[02:28:26.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003420)  
So,

**[02:28:28.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003421)  
that will be our guiding

**[02:28:30.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003422)  
document habang

**[02:28:32.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003423)  
tapos itong bagong guidelines.

**[02:28:34.540] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003424)  
So, thank you.

**[02:28:36.540] John Castillo** (asr-003425)  
Thank you very much, SVC Chair.

**[02:28:40.490] John Castillo** (asr-003426)  
We now call on Ms.

**[02:28:42.490] John Castillo** (asr-003427)  
Eunice Tanilon for your final

**[02:28:44.490] John Castillo** (asr-003428)  
message from the Makati Business Club.

**[02:28:46.490] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003429)  
Hello.

**[02:28:50.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003430)  
Thank you once again

**[02:28:52.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003431)  
for calling this and also for clarifying

**[02:28:54.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003432)  
the engagement.

**[02:28:56.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003433)  
I think

**[02:28:58.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003434)  
it's good to have that here.

**[02:29:00.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003435)  
We just really

**[02:29:02.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003436)  
wanted, I think, to reiterate how

**[02:29:04.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003437)  
we want to maintain

**[02:29:06.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003438)  
the initiative, the process,

**[02:29:08.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003439)  
the openness that was shown last

**[02:29:10.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003440)  
year. I think the sentiment

**[02:29:12.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003441)  
right now is that it does not,

**[02:29:14.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003442)  
we feel like we're moving a step backward

**[02:29:16.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003443)  
a bit from last year, at least in terms

**[02:29:18.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003444)  
of CSO engagement.

**[02:29:20.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003445)  
But I think we

**[02:29:22.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003446)  
are in all in agreement

**[02:29:24.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003447)  
that there's a little bit more

**[02:29:26.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003448)  
responsiveness,

**[02:29:28.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003449)  
especially with this.

**[02:29:30.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003450)  
So, I think for MBC,

**[02:29:32.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003451)  
our main concern is really

**[02:29:34.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003452)  
on the

**[02:29:36.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003453)  
clearing up the sentiment

**[02:29:38.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003454)  
around corruption scandals.

**[02:29:40.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003455)  
It has been very bad

**[02:29:42.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003456)  
for business, for foreign direct

**[02:29:44.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003457)  
investments.

**[02:29:46.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003458)  
That is something we're constantly monitoring.

**[02:29:48.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003459)  
And really our engagement

**[02:29:50.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003460)  
here is in the hopes of

**[02:29:52.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003461)  
really clarifying that.

**[02:29:54.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003462)  
And other items as well on the budget,

**[02:29:56.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003463)  
we're monitoring on

**[02:29:58.030] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003464)  
if there's clear

**[02:30:00.000] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003465)  
investment on regulatory desks in ease of doing business and key to this as well as our

**[02:30:07.800] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003466)  
push for the Right to Information Act as you as we mentioned is kulang na lang sa

**[02:30:14.160] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003467)  
BICAM we really are pushing for this and we've been actively convening as

**[02:30:21.180] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003468)  
MBC multiple companies mostly from multinational sectors on the issues

**[02:30:28.240] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003469)  
around the lack of information and we've received many cases many queries on

**[02:30:34.560] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003470)  
loss of investments missed opportunities and I think that is really part of the

**[02:30:40.780] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003471)  
broader forms that we're hoping to really push for alongside Cadena I think

**[02:30:46.660] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003472)  
as you mentioned I really need a push for these reforms for more proactive

**[02:30:52.160] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003473)  
disclosure and more clarity I think key to what business wants is clarity and

**[02:30:57.300] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003474)  
predictability

**[02:30:58.120] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003475)  
you

**[02:30:58.240] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003476)  
and why we also emphasize getting advanced release calendars really

**[02:31:05.480] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003477)  
getting a heads up on hearings and sessions as well as where we actually

**[02:31:11.660] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003478)  
have input in the process and Sana earlier in the process as well so that's

**[02:31:18.740] Makati Business Club Governance and Sustainability Lead Eunice Tanilon** (asr-003479)  
it for us at MBC thank you

**[02:31:20.030] John Castillo** (asr-003479-split-2)  
thank you from the Makati Business Club Ms.

**[02:31:22.240] John Castillo** (asr-003480)  
Eunice Tanilon. Now we call on for her final message or inputs, Ms. April Joy

**[02:31:28.120] John Castillo** (asr-003481)  
Meneses from BTAG Media Unlimited, Inc.

**[02:31:35.440] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003482)  
Thank you, sir. To our chairman, Congressman Albert Garcia.

**[02:31:42.100] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003483)  
Yeah, sir, we're really happy.

**[02:31:43.940] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003484)  
We're really happy that you've mentioned the BUB, the bottom-up budgeting.

**[02:31:46.960] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003485)  
That's what we've been advocating for years already.

**[02:31:49.860] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003486)  
And beyond policy or beyond the guidelines,

**[02:31:54.000] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003487)  
we want it to be legislated po sana.

**[02:31:56.720] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003488)  
And we're happy that you've mentioned na you want, or we want, to have this budget people-centric. Yung ano po, yung mga kailangan mismo ng mga tao sa ibaba, yun po yung mapondohan, mabudgetan.

**[02:32:09.810] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003489)  
and then they will monitor that and all the paps the programs activities and projects

**[02:32:20.210] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003490)  
and we're happy also sir that you've mentioned the cadena act and also the transparency portal

**[02:32:27.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003491)  
and we're happy that they launched that the transparency portal and we're encouraging also

**[02:32:38.770] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003492)  
the other departments

**[02:32:43.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003493)  
and also sir i would like to emphasize that we have submitted our um you know our opposition

**[02:32:49.650] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003494)  
paper para poosana malegislate the bottom of budgeting hindi lang siya gawing uh program

**[02:32:56.850] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003495)  
or

**[02:32:57.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003496)  
and it depends on the administration na if they wanna adopt it or not

**[02:33:07.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003497)  
because it's not yet a law so we wanna push poosana to make it a law and uh if i may just

**[02:33:14.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003498)  
say sir since you've mentioned and you've been passionate about the bub that you mentioned

**[02:33:19.090] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003499)  
earlier sana sir we can come to your office and seek your help to uh really sponsor the bill

**[02:33:28.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003500)  
uh to answer all the issues that been hounding the the legislators or the lawmakers uh parapa

**[02:33:34.850] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003501)  
wala na tayong mga you know i think pareho naman po tayo ng layunin and all the csos here

**[02:33:40.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003502)  
na wala na po tayong magiging ghost projects ng mga you know unfinished projects or yung mga

**[02:33:48.050] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003503)  
insertions

**[02:33:49.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003504)  
na bulag po yung taong bayan. And that's what we really wanted to see and to

**[02:33:55.170] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003505)  
really

**[02:33:56.130] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003506)  
advocate po.

**[02:33:58.530] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003507)  
And yan lang po,

**[02:33:59.730] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003508)  
Congressman and also to our Vice Chairs,

**[02:34:02.550] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003509)  
kakatupo kami sa pintuan

**[02:34:04.310] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003510)  
nyo sir, to really

**[02:34:05.210] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003511)  
seek your help to have

**[02:34:08.190] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003512)  
this bottom-up budgeting process

**[02:34:10.030] ipaBITAGmo Incorporated Executive Director April Joy Meneses** (asr-003513)  
be legislated. Thank you.

**[02:34:12.310] John Castillo** (asr-003514)  
Thank you very much, Ms. April.

**[02:34:16.120] John Castillo** (asr-003515)  
And we will also call on

**[02:34:17.960] John Castillo** (asr-003516)  
from GoodGovPH,

**[02:34:21.120] John Castillo** (asr-003517)  
GoodGovPH,

**[02:34:22.560] John Castillo** (asr-003518)  
Mr. Lance Avery

**[02:34:24.240] John Castillo** (asr-003519)  
Alo.

**[02:34:24.600] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003519-split-2)  
Sorry, Lance is

**[02:34:26.160] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003520)  
not here. I'm Michelle.

**[02:34:27.640] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003521)  
Ms. Michelle Andre Macahilo.

**[02:34:29.030] John Castillo** (asr-003521-split-2)  
Okay.

**[02:34:29.940] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003522)  
So gusto naman sabihin kanina

**[02:34:31.980] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003523)  
sa GoodGovPH on behalf of

**[02:34:34.260] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003524)  
the youth sectors that we

**[02:34:36.000] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003525)  
represent na maganda na pinag-uusapan

**[02:34:38.080] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003526)  
natin at cognizant ang ating

**[02:34:40.140] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003527)  
mga opisyalis na hindi

**[02:34:42.100] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003528)  
nagtatapos ang budget or yung

**[02:34:44.100] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003529)  
pag-monitor sa budget dito lamang sa deliberations

**[02:34:46.300] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003530)  
but ongoing process siya. Kaya rin

**[02:34:48.220] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003531)  
siguro nagkaroon ng talks kanina about

**[02:34:49.840] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003532)  
amending the SGLG and to strengthen

**[02:34:52.220] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003533)  
merit-based programs to recognize exemplary

**[02:34:54.420] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003534)  
LGUs. Gusto ko lang

**[02:34:55.840] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003535)  
sabihin na we should also highlight the youth

**[02:34:57.860] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003536)  
counterparts in youth governance, meaning

**[02:34:59.840] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003537)  
yung mga SK at yung mga LAIDOS. And

**[02:35:01.840] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003538)  
hopefully it can extend to other youth governance

**[02:35:03.720] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003539)  
institutions. Sa organisasyon, meron

**[02:35:05.980] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003540)  
kaming tinatawag na Seal of Good Youth Governance

**[02:35:08.100] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003541)  
which shows that the

**[02:35:09.700] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003542)  
SKs, LAIDOS, LYDCs also

**[02:35:12.020] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003543)  
have the capacity to govern

**[02:35:13.800] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003544)  
kapag merong good monitors

**[02:35:15.860] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003545)  
that can strengthen accountability and transparency.

**[02:35:18.600] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003546)  
Nakita natin ito sa mga ilang

**[02:35:19.740] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003547)  
syudad tulad ng Pasig, tulad ng Binyan

**[02:35:21.740] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003548)  
na siyang nakapagpapatunay na ang kabatan

**[02:35:23.760] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003549)  
ay may capacity na mamuno din.

**[02:35:25.840] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003550)  
Hopefully, ito ay sana

**[02:35:27.540] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003551)  
ma-consider ng ating mga opisyalis

**[02:35:29.580] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003552)  
sa pag-amend ng SGLG

**[02:35:31.260] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003553)  
para hindi lamang nakakaroon ng responsible

**[02:35:33.540] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003554)  
budget monitoring ngayon

**[02:35:35.800] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003555)  
sa deliberations, pero ongoing

**[02:35:37.740] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003556)  
process ito kahit sa mismong

**[02:35:39.400] GoodGovPH Representative Michelle Andre Macahilo** (asr-003557)  
implementation, pati na rin sa auditing.

**[02:35:41.540] John Castillo** (asr-003558)  
Thank you very much, Michelle, from

**[02:35:43.760] John Castillo** (asr-003559)  
the GoodGov PH.

**[02:35:46.060] John Castillo** (asr-003560)  
Since due to time

**[02:35:47.620] John Castillo** (asr-003561)  
constraints, we will accommodate only one

**[02:35:49.800] John Castillo** (asr-003562)  
more perspective from

**[02:35:51.740] John Castillo** (asr-003563)  
the CSO, which is from

**[02:35:53.500] John Castillo** (asr-003564)  
CODE, NGO, Caucus of

**[02:35:55.760] John Castillo** (asr-003565)  
Development, NGO Networks,

**[02:35:57.560] John Castillo** (asr-003566)  
Atty. Doris Ramirez.

**[02:35:59.140] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003567)  
Yes, po. Maraming maraming salamat po

**[02:36:01.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003568)  
to all our congressmen and

**[02:36:03.660] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003569)  
congresswomen who are here.

**[02:36:06.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003570)  
We welcome po

**[02:36:07.700] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003571)  
yung inyong commitment na hindi na maulit

**[02:36:10.000] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003572)  
yung ating mga

**[02:36:11.080] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003573)  
nangyaring miscommunications

**[02:36:13.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003574)  
and

**[02:36:14.560] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003575)  
mga processes na mas

**[02:36:17.700] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003576)  
maging malinaw pa.

**[02:36:19.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003577)  
Just want to share po na yung mga

**[02:36:21.360] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003578)  
CSOs po, we had the opportunity

**[02:36:23.340] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003579)  
to participate in the technical

**[02:36:25.760] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003580)  
working group in the Senate

**[02:36:27.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003581)  
with regard to the proposed

**[02:36:29.840] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003582)  
budget reform bills, and

**[02:36:31.860] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003583)  
we are really seeking the

**[02:36:33.800] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003584)  
indulgence of the honorable

**[02:36:35.540] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003585)  
congresspersons here

**[02:36:37.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003586)  
to allow us to be

**[02:36:39.700] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003587)  
part of the technical working

**[02:36:41.420] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003588)  
groups in the event that

**[02:36:43.800] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003589)  
there are technical working

**[02:36:45.940] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003590)  
groups that will be

**[02:36:47.460] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003591)  
established for

**[02:36:49.860] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003592)  
the pending, like the

**[02:36:51.820] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003593)  
meritocracy bill

**[02:36:53.840] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003594)  
that was being discussed,

**[02:36:55.760] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003595)  
by Congressman Garcia.

**[02:36:57.260] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003596)  
We will be very happy to

**[02:36:59.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003597)  
participate as part of

**[02:37:01.500] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003598)  
the technical working group.

**[02:37:03.360] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003599)  
We know how very

**[02:37:05.300] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003600)  
important technical working groups are,

**[02:37:08.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003601)  
and that is

**[02:37:09.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003602)  
a very concrete avenue

**[02:37:11.720] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003603)  
where CSOs can

**[02:37:13.340] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003604)  
give our inputs.

**[02:37:15.940] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003605)  
And on behalf of

**[02:37:17.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003606)  
Code NGO and the

**[02:37:18.980] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003607)  
11 networks nationwide

**[02:37:21.320] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003608)  
that we are representing,

**[02:37:23.300] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003609)  
representing with more than

**[02:37:25.740] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003610)  
2,000 organizations,

**[02:37:27.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003611)  
people's organizations, and other

**[02:37:29.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003612)  
entities that we represent,

**[02:37:31.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003613)  
we are really appealing

**[02:37:33.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003614)  
for an open, transparent,

**[02:37:35.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003615)  
bicameral

**[02:37:37.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003616)  
session

**[02:37:39.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003617)  
this 2026

**[02:37:41.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003618)  
for the people's budget in

**[02:37:43.480] CODE-NGO Executive Director Atty. Doris Ramirez** (asr-003619)  
2027. Maraming maraming salamat po.

**[02:37:45.480] John Castillo** (asr-003620)  
Thank you, Attorney Doris

**[02:37:47.480] John Castillo** (asr-003621)  
from Code NGO. So we have

**[02:37:49.480] John Castillo** (asr-003622)  
heard our civil society

**[02:37:51.480] John Castillo** (asr-003623)  
organization partners.

**[02:37:53.480] John Castillo** (asr-003624)  
Now, we will hear from

**[02:37:55.480] John Castillo** (asr-003625)  
the members of the House of Representatives,

**[02:37:57.920] John Castillo** (asr-003626)  
particularly our vice chairpersons

**[02:38:00.220] John Castillo** (asr-003627)  
and senior vice chair, for their

**[02:38:02.080] John Castillo** (asr-003628)  
final message or their

**[02:38:04.180] John Castillo** (asr-003629)  
inputs or insights, final inputs

**[02:38:06.280] John Castillo** (asr-003630)  
or insights. Thank you, sir.

**[02:38:07.980] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003631)  
So, on behalf of the

**[02:38:10.060] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003632)  
vice chairs present

**[02:38:12.140] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003633)  
and our chair,

**[02:38:14.260] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003634)  
Mikaela Suansing, lahat po

**[02:38:16.400] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003635)  
ng inyong suggestions

**[02:38:18.660] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003636)  
are well taken, and

**[02:38:21.460] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003637)  
it will be seriously considered

**[02:38:23.740] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003638)  
ng sa ganon ay maging part ng

**[02:38:25.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003639)  
ating process.

**[02:38:27.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003640)  
Doon po sa ating huling nagsalita

**[02:38:29.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003641)  
with regards to the

**[02:38:31.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003642)  
budget code,

**[02:38:33.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003643)  
kung hindi po kayo naka-attend

**[02:38:35.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003644)  
dito sa House and you've attended

**[02:38:37.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003645)  
sa Senate,

**[02:38:39.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003646)  
I'm instructing our staff

**[02:38:41.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003647)  
to give each

**[02:38:43.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003648)  
of the CSOs

**[02:38:45.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003649)  
here a copy

**[02:38:47.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003650)  
of the bill para

**[02:38:49.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003651)  
to receive your comment, hindi pa naman po

**[02:38:51.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003652)  
final itong bill na ito,

**[02:38:53.480] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003653)  
para kung may suggestions po kayo,

**[02:38:54.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003654)  
ay makonsider at

**[02:38:56.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003655)  
maging component nitong

**[02:38:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003656)  
bill to make it better.

**[02:39:00.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003657)  
Hanggang sa mapasa,

**[02:39:02.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003658)  
and this will be

**[02:39:04.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003659)  
the guide eventually ng

**[02:39:06.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003660)  
katulad ng sinabi ninyo, ng future

**[02:39:08.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003661)  
administrations,

**[02:39:10.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003662)  
future legislators,

**[02:39:12.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003663)  
para ito na po yung guide

**[02:39:14.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003664)  
to have a more transparent,

**[02:39:16.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003665)  
accountable, efficient,

**[02:39:18.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003666)  
people-centric

**[02:39:20.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003667)  
budget.

**[02:39:22.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003668)  
And I couldn't emphasize

**[02:39:24.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003669)  
it more

**[02:39:26.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003670)  
on how appreciative

**[02:39:28.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003671)  
we are

**[02:39:30.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003672)  
with all your suggestions.

**[02:39:32.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003673)  
Kung may mga shortcomings po,

**[02:39:34.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003674)  
ipagpaumanhin po ninyo.

**[02:39:36.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003675)  
We will improve as we

**[02:39:38.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003676)  
go along and we will try to

**[02:39:40.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003677)  
do better habang

**[02:39:42.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003678)  
we're going through this process

**[02:39:44.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003679)  
para pareho tayong nangangapa.

**[02:39:46.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003680)  
Pero with your

**[02:39:48.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003681)  
patience and proactive

**[02:39:50.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003682)  
participation,

**[02:39:52.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003683)  
hopefully parang bisikleta,

**[02:39:54.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003684)  
so umpisa mabagal,

**[02:39:56.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003685)  
of balance, pero eventually yung ating

**[02:39:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003686)  
budget process, kapag

**[02:40:00.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003687)  
bumilis na, magiging steady

**[02:40:02.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003688)  
na po, predictable,

**[02:40:04.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003689)  
stable,

**[02:40:06.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003690)  
kakatulad nung sinabi ng mga ating

**[02:40:08.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003691)  
business club, at

**[02:40:10.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003692)  
it will

**[02:40:12.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003693)  
hopefully prevent

**[02:40:14.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003694)  
corruption by lessening

**[02:40:16.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003695)  
the fiscal space

**[02:40:18.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003696)  
for discretion,

**[02:40:20.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003697)  
which leads to corruption, and increase

**[02:40:22.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003698)  
the fiscal space for

**[02:40:24.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003699)  
performance-based.

**[02:40:26.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003700)  
And outcome-based,

**[02:40:28.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003701)  
imagine kung yung budget

**[02:40:30.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003702)  
natin, nakikita natin

**[02:40:32.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003703)  
yung improvement ng

**[02:40:34.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003704)  
HDI++

**[02:40:36.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003705)  
from

**[02:40:38.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003706)  
budget ng local governments together

**[02:40:40.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003707)  
with the national government,

**[02:40:42.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003708)  
per barangay, per municipality,

**[02:40:44.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003709)  
per city,

**[02:40:46.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003710)  
per congressional district,

**[02:40:48.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003711)  
per province,

**[02:40:50.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003712)  
aggregated to the regions, and

**[02:40:52.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003713)  
the national level.

**[02:40:54.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003714)  
Wouldn't that be a better

**[02:40:56.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003715)  
Philippines for us?

**[02:40:58.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003716)  
So, again, on behalf

**[02:41:00.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003717)  
of all the Vice Chairs,

**[02:41:02.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003718)  
and Chair Mika Suansing, maraming maraming

**[02:41:04.960] Rep. Albert S. Garcia** (asr-003719)  
salamat po sa inyong lahat.

**[02:41:08.910] John Castillo** (asr-003720)  
Thank you very much,

**[02:41:10.910] John Castillo** (asr-003721)  
Senior Vice Chair,

**[02:41:12.910] John Castillo** (asr-003722)  
Kong Abed Garcia, and for

**[02:41:14.910] John Castillo** (asr-003723)  
additional message or

**[02:41:16.910] John Castillo** (asr-003724)  
inputs, Kong Arno,

**[02:41:18.030] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003724-split-2)  
additional

**[02:41:18.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003725)  
ano lang, especially

**[02:41:20.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003726)  
with the

**[02:41:22.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003727)  
Ma'am Eunice, sa

**[02:41:24.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003728)  
MBC.

**[02:41:26.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003729)  
Actually,

**[02:41:28.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003730)  
we were bothered nung sinabi na

**[02:41:30.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003731)  
one step back.

**[02:41:32.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003732)  
So it's never the intention

**[02:41:34.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003733)  
ng Appropriations

**[02:41:36.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003734)  
Committee. So actually,

**[02:41:38.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003735)  
yung ginawa po namin last time,

**[02:41:40.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003736)  
we want to improve it, but

**[02:41:42.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003737)  
I have to call the attention ng

**[02:41:44.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003738)  
CPBRD.

**[02:41:46.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003739)  
I know

**[02:41:48.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003740)  
we're doing a lot of things.

**[02:41:50.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003741)  
The

**[02:41:52.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003742)  
questions should emanate from

**[02:41:54.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003743)  
you. You have to give

**[02:41:56.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003744)  
it to us. Okay?

**[02:41:58.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003745)  
And hindi yung one step back tayo,

**[02:42:00.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003746)  
but I think we need to improve

**[02:42:02.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003747)  
pa nga eh. And with your inputs,

**[02:42:04.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003748)  
mas may improve po natin

**[02:42:06.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003749)  
for the next budget hearings

**[02:42:08.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003750)  
pa. Pero pa tayong

**[02:42:10.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003751)  
2028, so on and so

**[02:42:12.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003752)  
forth. But it's never the

**[02:42:14.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003753)  
intention ng Appropriations Committee

**[02:42:16.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003754)  
na ma-feel nyo po yun,

**[02:42:18.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003755)  
na ninineglect

**[02:42:20.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003756)  
po yung ating mga CSO.

**[02:42:22.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003757)  
So medyo

**[02:42:24.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003758)  
karoon po talaga ng problema.

**[02:42:26.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003759)  
Sabi ko nga,

**[02:42:28.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003760)  
I don't want to find faults, but we need

**[02:42:30.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003761)  
to find solutions. How to improve this,

**[02:42:32.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003762)  
no? And this will not

**[02:42:34.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003763)  
happen again. So all

**[02:42:36.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003764)  
the questions na binigay po ninyo,

**[02:42:38.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003765)  
hindi pa naman po tapos yung

**[02:42:40.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003766)  
budget natin, pwede

**[02:42:42.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003767)  
pa po yan. Even sa plenary,

**[02:42:44.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003768)  
pwede pa po yan.

**[02:42:46.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003769)  
Even nga sa BICAM,

**[02:42:48.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003770)  
pwede pa po yan. Okay?

**[02:42:50.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003771)  
So all your inputs are

**[02:42:52.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003772)  
well noted.

**[02:42:54.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003773)  
And we will act on it.

**[02:42:56.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003774)  
That is our commitment.

**[02:42:58.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003775)  
We just don't want you to feel na

**[02:43:00.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003776)  
instead of moving forward,

**[02:43:02.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003777)  
we are moving backward, no?

**[02:43:04.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003778)  
So we are very transparent,

**[02:43:06.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003779)  
no?

**[02:43:08.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003780)  
Regarding the schedule,

**[02:43:10.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003781)  
sa toto lang po until now, it's hard to make

**[02:43:12.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003782)  
schedules. Because some agencies,

**[02:43:14.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003783)  
pag schedule mo po bukas,

**[02:43:16.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003784)  
hindi pwede secretary, kasi

**[02:43:18.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003785)  
may ginagawa. So we need to reschedule

**[02:43:20.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003786)  
again. And even po sa

**[02:43:22.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003787)  
BARC, hanggang ngayon wala pa po ang

**[02:43:24.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003788)  
schedule talaga. And until

**[02:43:26.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003789)  
now,

**[02:43:28.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003790)  
nagsischedule din po kami. Because I need

**[02:43:30.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003791)  
to study also my

**[02:43:32.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003792)  
agency, especially DOE

**[02:43:34.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003793)  
and DILG.

**[02:43:36.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003794)  
Napakalaki po yan.

**[02:43:38.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003795)  
Systems laws, I have to explain it to

**[02:43:40.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003796)  
the people. How do we do it? The

**[02:43:42.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003797)  
non-technical, technical. So

**[02:43:44.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003798)  
we also need the

**[02:43:46.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003799)  
date. Pero actually,

**[02:43:48.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003800)  
hanggang ngayon, wala pa rin po kaming

**[02:43:50.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003801)  
date. So minsan mabiglaan,

**[02:43:52.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003802)  
but this is our job. It's

**[02:43:54.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003803)  
no excuses. But we just

**[02:43:56.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003804)  
don't want you to feel na

**[02:43:58.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003805)  
we're moving

**[02:44:00.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003806)  
backwards. Na hindi

**[02:44:02.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003807)  
namin binibigyan halaga yung

**[02:44:04.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003808)  
CSO. Because you are very important.

**[02:44:06.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003809)  
Si John Lloyd yan, I appreciate ko.

**[02:44:08.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003810)  
Twenty years old pa lang. Ang dami mo ng input.

**[02:44:10.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003811)  
Dami mong data. Hindi ko alam

**[02:44:12.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003812)  
kung saan yung data na kinuha mo. Kindly share

**[02:44:14.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003813)  
it to us. Vice Chair,

**[02:44:16.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003814)  
pwede bang mag-working student si

**[02:44:18.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003815)  
John Lloyd? Gusto mo bang

**[02:44:20.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003816)  
pwede kitang kuling konsultan?

**[02:44:22.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003817)  
Ay, unahan na.

**[02:44:24.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003818)  
No, but honestly,

**[02:44:26.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003819)  
medyo yun lang po

**[02:44:28.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003820)  
yung gusto namin ipaabot po sa inyo.

**[02:44:30.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003821)  
We apologize.

**[02:44:32.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003822)  
On behalf of CPV,

**[02:44:34.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003823)  
RD, and the APRO committee,

**[02:44:36.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003824)  
we apologize. But

**[02:44:38.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003825)  
hindi po talaga sa amin nakarating

**[02:44:40.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003826)  
yung questions. So it's hard naman po

**[02:44:42.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003827)  
magbasa ng questions na hindi po nakarating

**[02:44:44.910] Rep. Arnie B. Fuentebella** (asr-003828)  
po sa amin.

**[02:44:45.800] John Castillo** (asr-003828-split-2)  
Thank you very much,

**[02:44:46.910] John Castillo** (asr-003829)  
Vice Chair Arnie Fuentebella.

**[02:44:48.910] John Castillo** (asr-003830)  
And we, just

**[02:44:50.910] John Castillo** (asr-003831)  
like that, we have reached our

**[02:44:52.910] John Castillo** (asr-003832)  
final segment of

**[02:44:54.910] John Castillo** (asr-003833)  
today's People's Budget Review.

**[02:44:56.910] John Castillo** (asr-003834)  
But to give his

**[02:44:58.910] John Castillo** (asr-003835)  
closing remarks.

**[02:45:00.000] John Castillo** (asr-003836)  
may we call on the Deputy Secretary-General of the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department,

**[02:45:08.040] John Castillo** (asr-003837)  
Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral.

**[02:45:11.680] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003838)  
Good afternoon to all of us.

**[02:45:16.780] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003839)  
First of all, we would like to express our deepest appreciation and gratitude

**[02:45:21.940] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003840)  
to our legislators present here, led by Senior Vice Chair Garcia

**[02:45:28.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003841)  
and the other vice chairpersons of the Committee on Appropriation,

**[02:45:33.800] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003842)  
Congresswoman Garcia, Congressman Arrogancia, Congresswoman Lagdameo,

**[02:45:42.160] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003843)  
Congressman Fuentebella, Congresswoman Bondoc, and Congresswoman Suansing.

**[02:45:49.860] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003844)  
Thank you so much.

**[02:45:50.780] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003845)  
And to all our CSO representatives here present, again, marami pong salamat.

**[02:45:56.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003846)  
As we conclude...

**[02:45:58.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003847)  
As we conclude today's People's Budget Review, allow me to begin with a very familiar story.

**[02:46:05.500] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003848)  
The story of the blind man and the elephant.

**[02:46:09.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003849)  
Each man touched a different part of the elephant.

**[02:46:13.580] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003850)  
One touched the trunk and said the elephant was like a snake.

**[02:46:19.460] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003851)  
Another touched the leg and said it was like a tree.

**[02:46:23.300] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003852)  
Another touched the side and said it was like a wall.

**[02:46:28.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003853)  
It was describing something real, but none, by himself, had the complete picture.

**[02:46:36.920] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003854)  
In many ways, this is also true of the national budget.

**[02:46:41.720] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003855)  
Government agencies see it from the perspective of programs and implementation.

**[02:46:48.780] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003856)  
Economic managers see it from the perspective of fiscal discipline and national priorities.

**[02:46:55.620] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003857)  
Congress sees it through its constitutional power of the purse

**[02:47:01.280] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003866)  
and its responsibility to represent the people.

**[02:47:05.880] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003875)  
Researchers examine the numbers and evidence

**[02:47:09.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003882)  
and CSOs and people's organizations see how government policies and programs are actually

**[02:47:17.940] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003883)  
experienced by communities.

**[02:47:21.200] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003884)  
Each perspective is important, but no single perspective gives us the whole picture.

**[02:47:28.660] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003885)  
This is why evidence-based budgeting is so important.

**[02:47:34.020] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003886)  
When Congress decides how trillions of pesos of public resources should be allocated, we

**[02:47:40.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003887)  
should be able to answer some very basic questions.

**[02:47:44.840] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003888)  
What problems are we trying to solve?

**[02:47:48.820] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003889)  
What has the government already spent on?

**[02:47:52.300] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003890)  
What has the spending produced?

**[02:47:54.800] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003891)  
Is the program working?

**[02:47:57.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003892)  
Who has benefited?

**[02:47:58.900] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003893)  
And what should we do differently?

**[02:48:01.460] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003894)  
Unfortunately, the evidence needed to

**[02:48:04.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003895)  
answer these questions is often fragmented across agencies and information systems.

**[02:48:11.460] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003896)  
We have financial information on how much has been obligated and disbursed, but information

**[02:48:17.980] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003897)  
on what government actually delivered and what outcomes those expenditures produced

**[02:48:23.740] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003898)  
is not always as readily available, timely, or comparable.

**[02:48:30.160] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003899)  
This points to the need for a more systematic approach to evidence gathering

**[02:48:35.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003900)  
through a unified national monitoring

**[02:48:39.140] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003901)  
and evaluation system.

**[02:48:41.620] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003902)  
Such a system should identify a core set of critical performance indicators that every

**[02:48:48.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003903)  
government agency is required to regularly report and publish.

**[02:48:54.640] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003904)  
These indicators should allow us to follow the entire results chain, from inputs and

**[02:49:01.420] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003905)  
expenditures to activities and outputs

**[02:49:05.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003907)  
and ultimately to outcomes and impacts.

**[02:49:09.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003908)  
And this information should not remain scattered among individual agencies or buried in periodic

**[02:49:17.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003909)  
reports.

**[02:49:18.860] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003910)  
We need an integrated data system that allows Congress, government decision makers, CSOs,

**[02:49:27.520] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003911)  
researchers, and ultimately the public to have real-time or near-real-time

**[02:49:32.780] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003912)  
access to financial and performance information, especially given this age of

**[02:49:39.780] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003913)  
information technology.

**[02:49:42.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003914)  
Imagine how this change could change budget deliberation.

**[02:49:47.560] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003915)  
Instead of asking how much did we appropriate or how much was spent, Congress could ask

**[02:49:54.440] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003916)  
what did we accomplish and what we spent.

**[02:49:59.100] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003917)  
This is the kind of evidence base we need for better budgeting.

**[02:50:03.340] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003918)  
But even the best government information system cannot tell us everything.

**[02:50:08.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003919)  
Official indicators tell us what numbers show.

**[02:50:12.580] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003920)  
Citizens and civil society can help tell us what those numbers mean on the ground.

**[02:50:17.980] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003921)  
This is where CSOs and people's organizations become indispensable.

**[02:50:23.500] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003922)  
For legislators, civil society provides an important independent source of information

**[02:50:28.400] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003923)  
and evidence.

**[02:50:31.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003924)  
CSOs can tell us whether services actually reach intended beneficiaries, whether a program

**[02:50:38.020] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003925)  
that appears successful in an agency report is working in communities, and whether important

**[02:50:45.040] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003926)  
needs have been overlooked.

**[02:50:47.520] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003927)  
They help Congress see another part of the elephant.

**[02:50:52.420] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003928)  
This is why the House of Representatives has taken steps to widen people's participation

**[02:50:58.400] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003929)  
in the budget.

**[02:50:59.060] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003930)  
We have established mechanisms for CSO accreditation and participation in agency budget hearings,

**[02:51:08.080] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003931)  
provided opportunities for the submission of position papers and recommendations, undertaken

**[02:51:14.140] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003932)  
budget literacy activities, expanded access to budget information, and created opportunities

**[02:51:21.840] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003933)  
such as today's dialogue for civil society to engage directly with legislators.

**[02:51:29.060] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003934)  
But we must also recognize that participation remains a work in progress.

**[02:51:35.940] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003935)  
Are we hearing from a sufficiently broad range of organizations, including those outside

**[02:51:43.220] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003936)  
Metro Manila and those representing marginalized communities? Do CSOs have the technical capacity

**[02:51:50.520] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003937)  
and information needed to participate effectively?

**[02:51:53.940] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003938)  
Are budget documents provided early enough and in forms that can be readily

**[02:51:59.060] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003939)  
analyzed?

**[02:52:01.820] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003940)  
And perhaps the most important question is whether participation actually influences

**[02:52:07.540] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003941)  
decisions.

**[02:52:08.540] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003942)  
Moving forward, therefore, I believe we need to pursue two mutually reinforcing reforms.

**[02:52:17.300] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003943)  
First, we need a stronger evidence infrastructure, a unified monitoring and evaluation system,

**[02:52:25.160] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003944)  
common and critical performance indicators.

**[02:52:28.360] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003945)  
Interoperable information systems and real-time or near real-time access to financial and

**[02:52:35.680] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003946)  
performance data.

**[02:52:37.320] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003947)  
Second, we need stronger participatory institutions, earlier engagements of CSOs, better access

**[02:52:45.480] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003948)  
to information, stronger budget literacy, clearer channels between CSOs and legislators,

**[02:52:53.640] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003949)  
and mechanisms for tracking how civil society recommendations are considered in the budget process.

**[02:53:01.380] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003952)  
Better data without participation can give us numbers without sufficient context.

**[02:53:08.800] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003953)  
Participation with good data can give us perspectives without sufficient evidence. We need both.

**[02:53:17.240] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003954)  
And this brings us back to the blind man and the elephant.

**[02:53:20.700] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003955)  
The objective is not merely to bring more people around the elephant.

**[02:53:26.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003959)  
It is to ensure that it brings evidence from the part that he or she can see.

**[02:53:34.560] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003963)  
And that's what we put all of that together to put the evidence into an understandable whole.

**[02:53:42.340] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003964)  
That, I believe, is what a truly evidence-based and participatory budget process should accomplish.

**[02:53:48.940] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003965)  
Thus, on behalf of the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department,

**[02:53:53.900] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003966)  
I thank our members of Congress, our CSOs, PO partners, and everyone who participated in today's dialogue.

**[02:54:03.800] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003967)  
May what we heard today find its way into our continuing budget deliberations,

**[02:54:10.020] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003968)  
our oversight work, and our efforts to further institutionalize meaningful participation in Congress.

**[02:54:18.000] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003969)  
Because ultimately, a people's budget should not only be a budget for the people,

**[02:54:23.900] CPBRD Deputy Secretary General Dr. Romulo Emmanuel Miral Jr.** (asr-003970)  
it should be a budget informed by evidence, accountable for results, and increasingly shaped with the people. Maraming salamat po at magandang hapon sa ating lahat.

**[02:54:40.860] John Castillo** (asr-003971)  
Thank you very much, Dr. Miral.

**[02:54:43.300] John Castillo** (asr-003971-split-2)  
Thank you very much, Dr. Miral.

**[02:54:45.720] John Castillo** (asr-003972)  
So, with that, the People's Budget Review Second Cycle is closed.

**[02:54:52.320] John Castillo** (asr-003973)  
And on behalf of the House of Representatives and the CPBRD,

**[02:54:55.880] John Castillo** (asr-003974)  
we would like to thank you, our civil society partners, our House members,

**[02:55:00.420] John Castillo** (asr-003975)  
and everyone who participated in today's discussion.

**[02:55:04.420] John Castillo** (asr-003976)  
Thank you for bringing your ideas, and thank you for each...