The Office of the President (OP) is seeking once again a P4.56-billion confidential and intelligence fund from its proposed 2025 budget.
Under the OP's proposed budget, the presidential office is retaining its confidential and intelligence fund worth P4.56 billion, which is being broken down to a P2.250-billion confidential funds and P2.310-billion intelligence funds.
It was the same amount the OP has been asking from the proposed national budget since 2022.
The confidential and intelligence funds almost take half of the proposed budget the agency is asking from the national budget.
It is asking for a P10.4-billion budget for 2025, down by almost P200 million from its appropriations last year.
According to the 2025 National Expenditure Program (NEP) for the coming year posted on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website, the OP is proposing a total budget of P10,446,475,000.
It is almost P200-million lower than its budget last year amounting to P10,645,573,000.
Included in its P10.4-billion budget proposal are P1,274,479,000 for personnel services; P7,955,419,000 for maintenance and other operating expenses (MOOE); and P1,216,577,000 for capital outlays.