President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has rejected three provisions within the P5.268-trillion nationwide price range regulation for 2023, together with using revolving funds for DepEd TV of the Department of Education.
In his veto message, Marcos stated the vetoed provisions don’t relate to any explicit appropriation and would successfully amend substantive legal guidelines.
Marcos vetoed DepEd-Office of the Secretary (OSEC), Special Provision No. 4, “Revolving Fund of DepEd TV,” Volume I-A, Page 197, saying there isn’t any regulation authorizing DepEd to determine a revolving fund for the aim.
“Moreover, the DepEd TV is not a business-type activity of the DepEd, which may be considered within the contemplation of the General Provision on Revolving Funds in the FY 2023 GAA, which permits the establishment of a revolving fund from receipts derived from business-type activities,” he stated.
DepEd TV, which is DepEd’s platform for multimedia courses, has broadcasted fast tips on COVID-19 to maintain college students knowledgeable on the security protocols amid the pandemic.
Tourism marketing campaign
Marcos additionally vetoed the proviso “in no case shall the appropriations be utilized to change the tourism campaign slogan” underneath DOT-OSEC, Special Provision No. 4, “Branding Campaign Program,” Volume I-B, web page 313, inasmuch because it intends to restrict the train of the features of the Executive Branch in implementing RA No. 9593 (The Tourism Act of 2009).
Under RA 9593, the DOT is remitted to be the first planning, programming, coordinating, implementing and regulatory authorities company within the growth and promotion of the tourism trade, each domestically and globally.
Marcos stated the company is tasked to advertise tourism as an engine of socioeconomic and cultural progress within the nation.
DOLE-NLRC
Meanwhile, Marcos additionally vetoed the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)-National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC), Special Provision No. 1, “Use of Income,” Volume 1-A, Page 1157.
He reasoned out that the topic earnings already kinds a part of the income and financing sources of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Expenditure Program, which he submitted earlier to Congress pursuant to the mandate underneath Section 22, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution, “requiring the Chief Executive to submit to Congress within 30 days from the opening of every regular session, as the basis of the general appropriations bill, a budget of expenditures and sources of financing, including receipts from existing and proposed measures.”
“Relatedly, Section 65 of Presidential Decree No. 1445 (Government Auditing Code of the Philippines), as reiterated in Section 44, Chapter 5, Book VI of Executive Order No. 292, series 1987 (Administrative Code of 1987), provides that unless otherwise specifically provided by law, income accruing to the agencies by virtue of the provisions of the law, orders and regulations shall be deposited in the National Treasury or in any duly authorized government depository and shall accrue to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund of the government,” stated Marcos.
He added that “Section 66 of PD No. 1445 and Section 45, Chapter 5, Book VI of EO No. 292 prescribe that receipts shall be recorded as income of Special, Fiduciary or Trust Funds or Funds other than the General Fund only when authorized by law.”
According to Marcos, the NLRC shouldn’t be granted authority to make use of its earnings underneath current legal guidelines.
On December 16, Marcos signed into regulation the nationwide price range for 2023, saying that its passage “defines and gives muscle” to the roadmap meant for subsequent yr.
Marcos stated the swift passage of the price range is important as a result of it was “fully supported” by the legislature. —KBK, GMA Integrated News
