Kinumpirma ng kamara na nagsagawa sila ng realignment na aabot sa P77.5 billion na nakapaloob sa 2023 General Appropriations Bill (GAB).
Nagpaliwanag si House Speaker Martin Romualdez na ang realignment ay masasabi raw na “institutional amendments” para madagdagan pa ang budget para sa kalusugan, edukasyon, transportasyon at iba pang mga critical sa social services.
Tinukoy ng lider ng Kamara ang inihabol na mga amendments na kasama sana sa period of amendments bago na-ratify ang national budget ng Marcos administration.
Ito ay ang mga sumusunod:
-P20.25 billion for various programs of the Department of Health
-P500 million for UP-PGH
-P10 billion for the Department of Education’s school building/classroom
-P581 million for DepEd special education programs
-P10 billion for the Department of Public Works and Highways to construct water systems in underserved upland barangays
-P12.5 billion for the Department of Social Welfare and Development
-P5.5 billion for Department of Transportation programs to address the rising cost of fuel like the fuel subsidy program, Libreng Sakay and bike lane construction
-P5 billion for the training and scholarship programs of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
-P5 billion for the Commission on Higher Education’s Tulong Dunong Program
-P5 billion for the livelihood and emergency employment programs of the Department of Labor and Employment
-P1.5 billion for the national broadband project of the Department of Information and Communications Technology
-P500 million for the Commission on Elections new building
-P300 million for the Philippine National Police to train law enforcement officers
-P250 million for the Department of Trade and Industry to assist the creative industry pursuant to Republic Act 11904
-P150 million for the Energy Regulatory Commission
-P147 million for the Office of the Solicitor General
-P50 million for the National Electrification Administration’s barangay and sitio electrification program.
Dahil sa ipinagbabawal ng Kongreso ng batas na taasan pa ang budget ceiling mula sa panukala ngayon na kabuuang P5.268 trillion, kinakailangan daw ng Kamara na maghagilap ng pagkukunan ng naturang mga budget realignments sa iba pang mga items na nakapaloob sa National Expenditure Program.
