Bicam on 2025 nat'l budget set next week

A bicameral conference committee meeting to harmonize the conflicting provisions in the proposed P6.352-trillion national budget for 2025 has been set either on Dec. 9 or 10, according to Sen. Grace Poe.

- By CECILLE SUERTE FELIPE

Poe, chairperson of the Senate committee on finance, said the technical working group (TWG) has yet to complete its task to reconcile the disagreeing provisions of the national budget passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

"The TWG is not yet done. The committee is still in the process of identifying all disagreeing provisions of the General Appropriations Bill and the Senate version of the 2025 national budget," Poe said in a message to reporters.

A bicameral conference committee, composed of eight members of the Senate and 16 members of the House of Representatives, is reconciling the conflicting provisions of the House and Senate versions of the bill.