Purpose of Budget Hearing

When the OVP  spent 125 million of confidential funds in 11 days last year ... it left a bitter taste in the mouths of some congressmen. 

So when the budget hearing was done for the office budget prospect in the year 2025 ... the Appropriation committee made sure to proceed to investigate the continuing saga of where the confidential funds went in 2023. The review of last year's fiasco was made to ensure "na ang pera mg taong bayan" will not go into the wrong hands.

Why the budget hearing in the first place?

A budget hearing is a guide that keeps the government on the path to reaching its financial goals. Budgeting controls their finances, shows when they need to adjust their spending, and helps them decide where their money goes instead of wondering where it all went.

Governments use public budgeting to allocate and manage financial resources to achieve their social and economic objectives. 

Budget hearings allow the government to communicate in person their current financial status and year-end projections. This is also the opportunity to discuss any issues or concerns that impact the budget. 

Having known that ... now we know the budget hearing is a must.

So what's this we see on YouTube where Congress was turned into some sort of a kangaroo court. It was supposed to be a battle of wit and wisdom ... on who's who among the Congress elite intelligent group and who's who in the finance hierarchy.. but what we saw was the proceedings fizzled out and diminished into a battle of nerves. And temper.

It becomes a pulpit and a podium for bullying ... it was a show on who pushes around ... who intimidates who ... who puts pressure on ... and who twists who's arms.

The show was a recipe for sore eyes - where the honorable congressmen and the vice president turned into a pack of infantiles and juveniles.