“We remain on track with our agenda for prosperity. Let us sustain this momentum.”
Ito ang binigyang diin ni Department Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah “Mina” Pangandaman sa kanyang closing statement sa ginanap na 2024 Post-State of the Nation Address (SONA) Discussions, isang araw matapos magbigay ng kanyang ikatlong SONA si President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Tiniyak ni Scretary Mina, sa kanyang panawagan sa iba pang ahensya ng gobyerno, na pananatilihin ang momentum ng bansa tungo sa pagkamit ng masaganang kinabukasan.
Binigyang diin ni Sec. Mina na mananatiling committed ang DBM sa pagpapatupad ng mga pangunahing reporma na magsusulong ng kapakakanan ng mga mamayang Filipino.
“We, at the DBM, will remain committed to implementing key transformational reforms that will bring the country to upper middle-income status and bring poverty down to a single-digit level,” pahayag ni Secretary Pangandaman.
Binigyang-diin din ni Sec. Pangandaman ang mga tagumpay ng kagawaran, tulad ng pagsasabatas ng New Government Procurement Act (NGPA) para labanan ang katiwalian, ang pagtamo ng Pilipinas ng pinakamataas na ranggo sa budget transparency sa Asya, at ang pamumuno ng bansa sa open government partnership.
Tiniyak din ng DBM Secretary na ang panukalang national budget para sa darating na taon ay patuloy na makakaayon sa Philippine Development Plan 2023-2028 at sa 8-point Socio-Economic Agenda ng administrasyong PBMM.
“Our proposed national budget for next year, which is pegged at P6.352 trillion, will adhere to the Philippine Development Plan and 8-Point Socio-Economic Agenda, and will remain highly responsive to the most urgent national concerns of our Filipino people. And that is to address inflation, to provide jobs to everyone, reduce poverty, and combat graft and corruption,” pahayag ng Budget Secretary.
“And if I may echo the President’s SONA, for our dear Cabinet Secretaries, we expect all agencies to ensure that every centavo allocated will be judiciously spent for our urgent priorities and socially impactful programs,” pagtatapos ng Budget Chief.
