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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the CREATE MORE Act (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy Act) into law at the Malacanang Palace on Monday, November 11, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool

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Vivienne Gulla

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/175730037807820241111-marcos-create-more-act-PPA07.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. signs the CREATE MORE Act (Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating the Economy Act) into law at the Malacanang Palace on Monday, November 11, 2024. Yummie Dingding, PPA pool </span></span></span></div><p>MANILA — Voting 56-5, the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday terminated its deliberations on the proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the President, citing “institutional courtesy.”</p><p>The OP is seeking a P27.3 billion budget for next year.</p><p>Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin was present at the House of Representatives to represent the Office of the President. </p><p>&quot;The OP wants to manifest the President’s commitment to transparency and accountability that is required of all government offices… All of us must be ready to accept accountability and responsibility over our actions and programs,&quot; Bersamin said.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/9/7/house-panel-urged-to-scrutinize-office-of-president-s-proposed-p27-28-b-budget-1543">House panel urged to scrutinize Office of the President&#x27;s proposed P27.28-B budget</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>CLARIFICATION</strong></div><div><br/></div><p>House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan then sought clarification on Bersamin’s previous statement accusing “certain House members” of shifting the blame “for their own corruption and failures onto the Executive Branch”</p><p>&quot;There’s the tradition in the House that we give institutional and parliamentary courtesy to the Office of the President. However, there are pressing issues, which we need to be clarified,&quot; Libanan said.</p><p>Traditionally, the proposed budgets of the OP and of the Office of the Vice President are approved swiftly with few questions asked.</p><p>&quot;That statement was more to stress our institutional separation from the House of Representatives, some of whose members, and I hope it’s not the majority, have made statements that we, in the Cabinet, considered to be against institutional separation of powers,&quot; Bersamin said.</p><p>&quot;We do not intend that (statement) to rile up the tension between our departments. We come here seeking your support for our institutional budget… There is nothing intended that is malicious or to malign the House of Representatives,&quot; he added.</p><div><br/></div><div><em>More details to follow.</em></div>

<p>Voting 56-5, the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday terminated its deliberations on the proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the President, citing “institutional courtesy.”</p>

Voting 56-5, the House Committee on Appropriations on Monday terminated its deliberations on the proposed 2026 budget of the Office of the President, citing “institutional courtesy.”

House panel OKs Office of the President's proposed 2026 budget

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House panel OKs Office of the President's proposed 2026 budget

Vivienne Gulla,

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Published September 08, 2025 10:51 AM PHT

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Updated September 08, 2025 11:00 AM PHT

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