Mayroon umanong nakalaang halos P500 bilyon sa ilalim ng 2024 national budget para matulungan ang milyon-milyong mahihirap na pamilya, ayon kay Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.
Ginawa ni Romualdez ang pahayag isang araw bago ang inaasahang pag-lagda ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. sa panukalang P5.768 trilyong budget para sa 2024.
“For the first time, under the administration of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., we are allocating half-a-trillion pesos, or about nine percent of the national budget, as assistance to the poor and households with insufficient income,” sabi ni Romualdez.
Pinasalamatan ni Romualdez sina House Committee on Appropriations chairperson at Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co at Senate Finance Committee chairperson Sonny Angara, at kanyang mga kasama sa Kongreso sa paggawa umano ng isang pro-people na budget.
Ayon kay Romualdez kasama sa popondohan sa susunod na taon ang bagong programang Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita (AKAP).
“It’s a P60-billion fund, whose aim is to provide direct cash assistance to the ‘near poor’ or families earning up to P23,000 a month. At least 12 million households will benefit from it, including low-income workers like those in construction and factories, drivers, food service crew, and the like,” paliwanag ni Romualdez.
Sa ilalim ng programa makatatanggap ang mga benepisyaryo ng one-time na P5,000 cash assistance.
(Billy ¬Begas/Eralyn Prado)
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