Panukalang pondo ng DSWD para sa 2025, tinalakay sa Kamara;

Panukalang pondo ng DSWD para sa 2025, tinalakay sa Kamara; Kagawaran, iginiit na walang pinipili sa paghahatid ng tulong at ayuda

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00:00Officials of the DSWD participated in the budget hearing of the House Committee on Appropriations yesterday.

00:05Politicians are asking for the government's assistance to the official of the government.

00:12Mela Lesmoras has the report.

00:18DSWD Secretary Rex Gatchalian argued that they are not choosing and are not asking for help for our countrymen.

00:28This is in line with the statement of Vice President Sara Duterte that politicians are asking for the government's assistance.

00:35According to Gatchalian, she is still aware of the details of the statement of the second president,

00:40but she claims that they are equal in terms of all their needs.

00:45We will consult with her office and her constituent services people

00:50so that we can find out the details so that we can investigate it properly.

00:54But we have a standing policy in the DSWD that everyone will come to us.

00:59There is a referral letter, no referral letter, whoever you are, as long as you need it, our social workers will help you.

01:05Gatchalian was interviewed by the media after the House Committee on Appropriations heard about their budget for next year.

01:16Under the 2025 National Expenditure Program,

01:20the funds raised in the DSWD and the agencies that are holding it are more than Php 229.78 billion.

01:28The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program or 4Ps of the government is one of the congressmen's accusations.

01:35We are happy to report to you that the rounds, the multiple rounds of the special assessment are over.

01:41It's Php 1.4 million for all the special assessments and half of it was returned.

01:46Half of it was not returned.

01:48Those that were returned were also paid retroactively.

01:52One of the things that the camera is waiting for in the budget hearing is the face of the officials of the Office of the Vice President

01:59under the leadership of VP Sara Duterte so that she can answer other issues.

02:05The congressmen are hoping that the vice president will be here.

02:09What I can assure the Office of the Vice President, the vice president, is the House will extend courtesies,

02:17will definitely extend courtesies in the deliberation of the budget.

02:24Her budget is based on the NEP that was submitted by the DBM.

02:29Aside from the budget hearing, this Thursday, the camera will continue the Quad Committee Hearing on Illegal Pogos,

02:38Illegal Drugs, and Extradjudicial Killings during the administration.

02:43The lawmakers are calling for the people they invited to clarify the issues raised in their first hearing.

02:52They will answer the questions correctly, they will answer the allegations correctly,

02:57and the truth will be revealed in the Quad Committee's investigations.

03:01And I think to claim that it is politicking ngayon po, just because na banggit yung mga pangalan na yon,

03:08it would be a disservice po to the rest of the hearings in which we've already tackled so much.

03:13Melalas Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.