House to begin plenary debates on proposed ₱6.352-trillion nat’l budget

Metro Manila, Philippines – The House of Representatives will begin its plenary debates on the proposed ₱6.352-trillion 2025 national budget on Sept. 16.

The representatives will begin discussions on Monday, 10 a.m. and will not finish until all of the day’s agenda has been ticked off.

The turno en contra or the remarks against the spending proposal and period of amendments are set on Sept. 25. The lower chamber is targeting to pass the proposed budget on final reading on the same day.

“It will be our instrument in directly helping the poor through various social protection, financial aid and medical programs, and in keeping food prices down, particularly the price of rice which has fallen to P42 a kilo,” House Speaker Martin Romualdez said in a statement on Sunday, Sept. 15.

“It will be our tool for sustaining our country’s economic growth, which we hope to keep at six percent or higher in line with the forecasts of international lending institutions,” he added.

The speaker also said that the budget aims to help those in the agriculture sector and support education.

The controversial budget of the Office of the Vice President will be deliberated on Sept. 23.

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NewsWatch Plus correspondent Daniza Fernandez contributed to this report.