Chapters:
0:00 – Opening of Session & Reading of House Bill 4058
0:45 – Sponsorship Speech by Rep. Mikaela Violago: The 2026 People’s Budget
1:45 – A Budget for Human Capital: Education, Health & Food Security
3:20 – Realigning ₱255 Billion from ‘Questionable’ DPWH Flood Control Projects
6:00 – Restoring Public Trust and Abolishing the ‘Small Committee’
9:15 – Procedural Clash: Rep. De Lima Demands Budget Documents
15:05 – Session Resumes After Compromise
17:00 – Rep. Antonio Tinio on Unprogrammed Appropriations
19:10 – Historical Spike in Unprogrammed Funds
26:05 – Questioning Releases Exceeding Appropriated Amounts
32:10 – Billions in Additional Infrastructure Funding via Unprogrammed Funds
38:45 – Who Approves the Release of Unprogrammed Funds?
42:25 – Rep. Isidro Ungab on the ‘Fiscal Massacre’ of Foreign-Assisted Projects
45:00 – ‘Budget Banditry’: How Billions for Subways & Railways Were Defunded
48:20 – Consequences: Damaged Credibility & Betrayal of National Interest
52:10 – Response from the Sponsor & Commitment for the 2026 Budget
55:10 – Rep. Ungab on the Piling Up of Accounts Payable
1:02:15 – Rep. Presley de Jesus on National Debt and Budget Deficit
1:08:10 – Debate on the Medium-Term Fiscal Framework Targets
1:14:00 – Rep. Leila De Lima on Civil Society Participation
1:18:00 – Is the BARC the ‘New Small Committee’?
1:20:45 – Were Economic Managers Aware of Past Budget Cuts and Diversions?
1:26:10 – The Role of the President’s Veto and “For Later Release” Funds
1:30:00 – Are Unprogrammed Appropriations Indispensable?
1:34:25 – The Challenge of Agency Underspending
1:36:15 – DBM’s Role in Vetting Flood Control Projects
1:43:00 – Session Suspension
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