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Please don't slash DSWD budget again, solon respectfully asks Imee Marcos

Published Feb 21, 2024 01:32 pm

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  • 4PS party-list Rep. JC Abalos II is pleading to Senator Imee Marcos not to cut the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) again. 

20240221_212816.jpg4PS Party-list Rep. JC Abalos (left), Senator Imee Marcos (Facebook, Senate PRIB)

4PS party-list Rep. JC Abalos II is pleading to Senator Imee Marcos not to cut the budget of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) again.

“With the budget cut made by the Senate, there was considerable delay in giving the cash grant to the beneficiaries," Abalos, an assistant minority leader said in a statement Wednesday, Feb. 21.

"Twenty-twenty-three (2023) was a crucial year because if you look at the GAA (General Appropriations Act), nagbayad din tayo sa utang natin sa mga 4Ps beneficiaries ng 2017 and 2018 (we also paid our debts to the 4Ps beneficiaries in 2017 and 2018)…We do not want the same mistake of having delays in cash grants,” said the neophyte congressman.

4Ps in this case refers to the government's flagship poverty alleviation initiative dubbed the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. The cash aid is distributed by the DSWD.

On Tuesday, Assistant Majority Leader Bicol Rep. Jil Bongalon said that 4.3 million Filipinos did not receive cash grants totaling P13 billion under 4Ps last year after Senator Marcos redirected these funds to another social amelioration program.

As such, Abalos respectfully asked the lady senator not to do such budget cut again.

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“I would like to respectfully appeal to my fellow lawmakers, particularly to the members of the upper House. Senator Imee happens to be the chairperson and sponsor of the DSWD so napakahalaga po ng kanyang role (her role is very important).

"I am just respectfully saying na eto po ang consequence ng pag slash ng P13 billion (this is the consequence of slashing P13 billion from the budget),” he added.

“Ang Kongreso, parati po naming ina-adopt ang rekomendasyon sa National Expenditure Program (NEP) kasi naniniwala kami sa 4Ps dahil parte yan ng ating PDP (Philippine Development Plan),” Abalos stressed.

(In Congress, we always adopt the recommendation of the NEP because we believe in the purpose of 4Ps as part of the PDP.)

The NEP, which emanates from Malacañang, is the precursor to the GAA or national budget.

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