By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — House Speaker Martin Romualdez announced that the proposed 2025 budget will be passed on the third and final reading before midnight today, Wednesday 25 Sept 2024).
“Later this evening, we will pass it on the third and final reading and have it ready for transmission (formal delivery) to the Senate shortly after,” Romualdez said during a Palace briefing following a meeting of the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
“This is the most important law we are currently addressing in Congress. We will complete it tonight thanks to Malacañang’s certification (official declaration) of this bill as urgent,” he added.
Earlier, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. certified the General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which contains the 2025 budget, as urgent.
Because of this certification, the House of Representatives can approve the proposed P6.352 trillion national budget on both second and third readings on the same day.
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