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The Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, Senator Sonny Angara. Senate PRIB file photo / Joseph Vidal
MANILA, Philippines – Funding for the government’s response to calamities and the coronavirus pandemic is among the “top considerations” as the bicameral conference
The committee began its discussion on the proposed national budget for next year, Sen. Sonny Angara said Tuesday.
Angara, who chairs the Senate finance committee, said both Senate and House contingents of the bicam are focused on responding to the pandemic and calamities.
especially after the recent series of typhoons that hit the country.
“I heard the Speaker [Lord Allan Velasco] he says that is (the vaccine) one of the things he wants to consider, so I think I don’t think it will be a priority in the vaccine, the health response tsaka yung
Accompanying expenses for that, storing yung, tsaka, anything related to COVID, I think it’s really a priority for yung, ”Angara told reporters.
(I heard spokesperson Lord Allan Velasco say that the vaccine is one of the things he wants to consider, so I think it will be a priority along with the health response and
accompanying expenses such as storage. I think everything related to COVID is really a priority.)
“Besides that, spending on yung calamity cases would also be very, very important, it is one of the main considerations,” added the senator.
(In addition to that, there are calamity expenses that would also be very important, which is also a prime consideration.)
Angara said that in the Senate version of the 2021 budget, funds are specifically set aside for disaster response.
“It’s a matter of seeing how much the House wants as well, how to deal with that and convince them that that should be a priority. I knew ko nga it should be him
The least of our concerns Kasi I think everyone knows that this is one of the challenges of our country, ”said Angara.
(It’s a question of how much the House wants to allocate, how to deal with that, and convince them that it should be a priority. That should be the bare minimum, though.
of our concerns because I think everyone knows that this is one of the challenges of our country).
Senate and House representatives met Tuesday morning for the first bicameral conference committee meeting to resolve the disagreeing provisions of the two
cameras in the 2021 budget.
“The members decided to delegate to the panel chairs, if [House appropriations] President Eric Yap and we are the ones to talk to
differences and we are committed to consulting with them on the results of the discussions, ”Angara said.
(The members decided to delegate to the panel chairs, myself and the House appropriations chair, Eric Yap, to discuss the differences and we pledge to consult with
them about the results of the discussions).
JPV
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