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00:00They were met by a member of the Bicameral Conference Committee who has nothing to do with their 2025 national budget.
00:08According to a congressman, the Bicam report has nothing to do with the Bicam report that the Congress is ratifying.
00:15We have first news, Jonathan Andal.
00:19The GMA Integrated News obtained a copy of the Bicam report of the 2025 national budget from Congressman Raul Manuel of Kabataan Partylist.
00:29He said that it is contrary to the Blancos that were pointed out in the document issued by Congressman Isidro Ungab and former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:38Manuel said that this Bicam report that has Blancos is also ratified by the Congress.
00:44He said that the Bicam report was given to all congressmen last December before it was submitted to the plenary to be ratified.
00:52But the problem is that the Bicam report was only emailed a week before it was ratified.
00:58While the printed copy was only given less than an hour before it was submitted to the plenary.
01:04That's why it was not ratified properly.
01:07It took a long time to ratify it.
01:12There's an end to it.
01:14To be honest, the Blancos did not see it right away because we are not used to that.
01:21I just encountered that the budget was ratified, but there are still Blancos.
01:27In the examination of the GMA Integrated News, this page, for example, of the document held by Ungab,
01:32the Blancos are the same in the document held by Manuel.
01:36But it's obvious that there are more signatures in the document from Manuel and some of them are in different places.
01:43The GMA Integrated News is trying to get an official copy of the Bicam report from the camera.
01:49In the process of passing the budget, after the Bicam report is ratified,
01:53it will be the basis of the General Appropriations Bill or GAB that will be submitted to the President.
01:58It took time for the President to sign it for it to be passed.
02:01This is what is called GAA or General Appropriations Act.
02:04Manuel's question is...
02:06In the Bicam report that was ratified by the camera,
02:11the Blancos, after ratification and before signing,
02:16who filled in the Blancos?
02:18So there should be an answer to that.
02:20As long as the Bicam and the President can answer.
02:26Even the President's sister, Senator Aimee Marcos,
02:29said in December that she will not sign the Bicam report because it is a blank paper.
02:35I assure the people that I will never sign any paper until the budget of 2025
02:44or in that Bicam report that will help reduce the money in legitimate projects.
02:51How can I sign a blank paper?
02:54The media tried to get a new comment from Senator Aimee but it ran away.
02:58Senator Wynne Gatchalian and Joel Villanueva said that a member of the Bicam
03:03and the one who signed the Bicam report has no Blanco in the document.
03:07In my team, we did not see a Blanco.
03:10It should be balanced. That's what we always look for.
03:13I have a whole team that looks at the budget before signing it.
03:18I did not see a Blanco.
03:20I did not see a Blanco whatsoever.
03:23But I did not close the rumors that we heard that there are some that do not have an item.
03:35Senate President Cheese Escudero and Senate Finance Committee Chair Grace Poe did not comment.
03:40In the House of Representatives, Speaker Martin Romualdez and former House Appropriations Committee Chair Zaldico did not comment.
03:47First, President Marcos said that Duterte is lying because he did not have a Blanco when he signed the General Appropriations Act.
03:55This is the first news. Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.