Thursday, December 31, 2020

Speaker Velasco's statement on the President's signing of the General Appropriations Act of 2021

 



On 28th December 2020. The President signed the national spending package for next year, or the General Appropriations Act of 2021. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco issued the following statement:

Today, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte signed the historic national spending package for next year, or the General Appropriations Act of 2021, an all-important measure that will enable the government respond to and address the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has severely damaged our economy and disrupted the lives of millions of Filipinos across the country.

The P4.506-trillion national budget approved by Congress is the biggest by far and will better position the Philippines to beat the public health crisis and rise from its devastating effects. This is also a reflection of our governmentโ€™s serious commitment and strong resolve to defeat the virus and bring the economy back on track.

Among the important features of this pandemic-responsive budget is the allocation of P72.5 billion for the purchase, storage, transportation and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. Another P2 billion has been earmarked for the purchase of personal protective equipment or PPE to ensure that our health workers are safe as they carry out their duty of saving every patient from the virus.

๐˜š๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ-๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ 2021 ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏg ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜จ๐˜ข ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ข. And to our colleagues in the House of Representatives and our counterparts in the Senate, thank you very much for your hard work and for putting together this milestone legislation in a timely manner.