Panukalang budget ng Ombudsman para sa 2024, sumalang na sa Kamara; isyu ng korapsyon sa pamahalaan, naungkat din sa pagdinig
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00:00 In the budget hearing for their 2024 budget, the Office of the Ombudsman laid down a few ways to bring corruption to the country.
00:09 Mel Alasmura was at the center of the live news.
00:12 The Office of the Ombudsman admitted that the problem of corruption in the country is dangerous,
00:21 but they have a plan on how to stop the country from getting furious.
00:26 That's what the budget hearing in the camera showed.
00:30 The House Committee on Appropriations heard the Office of the Ombudsman's budget announcement earlier this morning.
00:43 If compared to their current budget, the proposed funding of the agency for 2024 is higher,
00:50 which is worth more than P5 billion.
00:53 According to Ombudsman Samuel Martirez, part of their primary funding is to add officials like lawyers and IT personnel
01:04 so that their services can be improved.
01:07 Their target is to resolve the complaints they received.
01:13 At the same time, Martirez also consulted with the groups that are complaining about their agency and the importance of their work.
01:23 We can satisfy everyone.
01:27 Right now, the Ombudsman is under attack from some sectors, saying that we should have not removed from the service an honest person,
01:40 a person who has a lot of accomplishments.
01:44 But let me just say this, that a person who is honest does not mean that he does not violate the law.
01:58 What this group means is that all the decisions of the Ombudsman, all the decisions of the Supreme Court that were removed from the service
02:10 and all the accomplishments should be reversed and returned to the service.
02:16 That kind of argument is very dangerous.
02:22 In the discussion earlier, the issue of corruption in the government was also raised.
02:28 The Ombudsman himself admitted that the problem here in the country is dangerous,
02:33 but they are confident that this can be solved and they also have a say in this.
02:38 The lawmakers have already agreed.
02:41 Corruption will not stop in our country.
02:46 Not even during our lifetime.
02:49 Unless we change ourselves, unless we change our values.
02:55 We have to introduce, as I've always been saying, a subject from kindergarten until college on God-centered values formation.
03:09 If we only teach good manners and right conduct, which is not centered on the Lord, that has no value.
03:18 I will look into this.
03:19 If we can make an educational law that the teaching of God or the values centered on God should be included
03:31 not only in the higher education curricula, but also in the basic education.
03:37 This is very important.
03:41 Naomi, before we continue, we have already heard from the committee level of the Camera
03:46 about the Ombudsman's plan for the next year.
03:50 At any time this afternoon, we are waiting for the budget hearing with the officials of the Commission on Elections.
03:58 Naomi, since the 2023 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections are coming,
04:03 it is expected that this will be one of the topics that will be discussed later with the Comelec. Naomi?
04:09 Mela, whenever there's a budget hearing, the confidential funds are also discussed.
04:14 Has that been discussed with the Ombudsman?
04:17 Yes, Naomi. Earlier, the confidential funds were discussed.
04:27 It is said that the views of the judges are different.
04:31 Some say that the fund should be added to the Ombudsman's office.
04:36 Others blame the auditing of this kind of funds.
04:42 But Naomi, the Ombudsman is only looking at one thing,
04:46 whatever funds they are using, they are using it properly and in the best way possible. Naomi?
04:57 Thank you very much, Mela Lasmuras.