{"id":113398,"date":"2017-08-22T22:43:32","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T02:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=113398"},"modified":"2025-01-19T23:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T04:02:36","slug":"op-ovp-2018-budgets-get-senate-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/08\/22\/op-ovp-2018-budgets-get-senate-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"OP, OVP 2018 budgets get Senate approval"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Senate panel on Tuesday approve the proposed 2018 budgets of the Office of the President (OP) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) which amounts to PHP6.031 billio and PHP 443 million, respectively. (PNA Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— A Senate panel on Tuesday approved the proposed 2018 budgets of the Office of the President (OP) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) which amounts to PHP6.031 billion and PHP443 million, respectively.<\/p>\n

During the budget hearing, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea presented the OP\u2019s budget of PHP6.031 billion, which is around 70 percent lower than the budget this year, PHP20.170 billion.<\/p>\n

Senator Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate Committee on Finance, pointed out that the budget this year is significantly higher than the budget for next year due to the Philippine hosting of ASEAN meetings.<\/p>\n

Legarda barely asked any questions and was ready to approve the budget for the Office of the President, however, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV showed up to ask a few questions — particularly on allocation for the OP\u2019s agencies.<\/p>\n

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Trillanes was referring to the following agencies: Anti-Terrorism Council-Program Management Center, National Coast Watch Council, Office of the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, Office of the Special Envoy for Transnational Crime, Philippine Center on Transnational Crime, and Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces.<\/p>\n

He particularly wanted to know whether the OP had complied with its commitment to allocate intelligence funds for the agencies.<\/p>\n

Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that allocation for the agencies will be plotted by the end of the year. Trillanes, however, wanted the allocations to be more \u201cspecific.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have major security situations in the country and we cannot have these offices begging for intelligence funds,\u201d Trillanes, former navy officer, told the Office of the President urging them to submit allocations for its six offices.<\/p>\n

Medialdea, meanwhile, committed anew to comply with Trillanes\u2019 request.<\/p>\n

In an interview with reporters, Trillanes said that he wanted to see the allocation because the funding would allow agencies to be \u201cproactive\u201d in addressing national security issues such as the conflict in Marawi City, issues on the West Philippine Sea, and the shipment of illegal goods among others.<\/p>\n

The senator pointed out that the Anti-Terrorism could have been \u201cpassive\u201d in preventing and addressing the Marawi crisis due to not being given enough funds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want them to have funds so that the next time there are lapses, we know who to put the blame on, we know who to castigate. If you give them funds they (agencies) can be more proactive,\u00a0then we can demand accountability,\u201d he said. \u201cI know these people, if you give them resources, they\u2019ll do their jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Trillanes\u2019 questioning, Legarda finally approved the OP\u2019s budget and tackle the OVP\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n

Vice President Leni Robredo presented the 2018 proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) of PHP443 million, which is 3.<\/p>\n

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58 percent higher than the budget this year at PHP428 million.<\/p>\n

Robredo expressed hope that the OVP\u2019s increased budget would help her office fulfill its commitment to uplift the lives of the poor by supporting the administration\u2019s anti-poverty efforts.<\/p>\n

She said that her office had three desired outcomes under her term — improved health and nutrition of mothers and children, improved income for indigent families, improved access to inclusive and equitable education<\/p>\n

The Vice President also lamented how \u201cbureaucratic red tape\u201d prevented specific government agencies from providing necessary assistance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe government does not respond as quickly as you want it too.\u00a0Mas\u00a0<\/em>madaling humingi sa private kesa sa gobyerno (It\u2019s easier to ask help from the private sector than the government),\u201d Robredo said.<\/p>\n

Senators Legarda and Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, meanwhile, vowed to help Robredo\u2019s office by raising these issues to concerned government agencies.<\/p>\n

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