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00:00A while ago, the Senate and the House of Representatives laughed at their own version of the 2025 national budget.
00:08One of the controversies is the controversial aid program.
00:13Let's witness it with Ma'am Gonzales.
00:18The House of Representatives wants to give Php 39 billion as a fund for ACAP or aid to the Kapos Angkita Program for the next year.
00:26But some Senators rejected it because they are afraid that the Congressmen will use it for the final version of the budget that they don't know about.
00:34The fund for ACAP-Senado for 2025 was not given.
00:38This is the difference with their own version of the 2025 national budget
00:43targeted by the Senate and House of Representatives at the Bicameral Conference Committee.
00:48They formed a Joint Technical Working Group earlier.
00:51Let's keep things practical and straightforward.
00:54We don't need to overcomplicate this.
00:57My only plea is for us, conferees, not to take ourselves too seriously.
01:03If the discussion is too heated, we might need to have a coffee break to settle our differences.
01:10Some Senators insisted to give them time to review the final version of the budget.
01:16Before we sign the Bicam report, please give us enough time to read over again and check for everything, Madam Chair.
01:28Before we sign, let's not look stupid.
01:31Yes, Senator De La Rosa, this has been the commitment of your Chairman of Finance as well as our Senate President.
01:40It is also possible to discuss the reduced budget of the Office of the Vice President at the Bicam.
01:45Actually, there are only a few major differences there.
01:48You heard about ACAP, for example.
01:52We agreed on the different initiatives as well.
01:58So for now, let's just wait for what the differences will be.
02:04Because of course, it is said that they will fight each other.
02:08Senate President Cheese Escudero assured that before the Christmas break of the Congress,
02:13they will give the President the final budget.
02:16It is a long and complicated issue.
02:17I expect that in the near future,
02:20before we adjourn for the Christmas break,
02:24this issue will be resolved.
02:25The conference panel will work together.
02:29For GMA Integrated News, I am Mav Gonzalez, your witness.
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