00:00House Speaker Martin Romualdez pledges to make the Bicameral Conference Committee deliberations on the 2026 budget public.
00:08This comes after the hashtag Open Bicam campaign gained traction on social media,
00:13calling for transparency to avoid last-minute surprises in the General Appropriations Bill.
00:30In his State of the Nation address, President Ferdinand Marcus Jr. told Congress that he would not sign a budget proposal that was not aligned with his administration's programs.
00:49The passage of the 2025 budget was plagued with controversy.
00:52In December, the President vetoed almost 200 billion pesos from the measure.
00:56Blanks in a Bicameral Conference Committee report containing amendments to the budget also drew criticism.
