P5.768-T BUDGET 2024 PIRMADO NA NI PBBM!

ISA nang ganap na batas ang General Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2024 matapos lagdaan ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. nitong Miyerkules ng hapon, Disyembre 20.

Ang proposed 5.768 trillion pesos 2024 national budget ay katumbas ng 21.7% ng gross domestic product ng bansa at mas mataas ng 9.5% kumpara sa 5.26 trillion pesos 2023 budget.

Sa kanyang talumpati, sinabi ni PBBM na mapupunta sa iba’t ibang proyekto at programa ng gobyerno ang pambansang pondo.

“In the end, every line in this budget, when translated to projects — from roads, to schools, to hospitals — will transform our country for the better and the lives of our people for the better,” wika niya.

Ayon sa pangulo, lahat ng mga nakapaloob sa 2024 national budget ay pakikinabangan ng mga Pilipino.

“In this budget, we have included what we consider to be the means that will boost both the physical and human capital of the nation blessed with talent waiting to be tapped with resources ready to be harnessed. But I will be the first to dispel any claim that this budget fully funds all our plans for our country and our people. How I wish that we could wipe out with one budget cycle all our infrastructure backlog. How I wish we had ‘unli’ revenues to realize our country’s limited unlimited potential,” wika pa ni Marcos.

Ang ceremonial signing ay sinaksihan nina Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Budget Sec. Amenah Pangandaman, iba pang mga mambabatas, at ilang miyembro ng gabinete. (Gilbert Perdez/Vanz Fernandez)