2025 Office of the President budget breezes through Senate plenary

MANILA, Philippines — The proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the President (OP) breezed through the Senate on Wednesday, after it was adopted in the plenary in less than a minute.

The OP budget was immediately adopted with no questions asked, because of parliamentary courtesy given to  a co-equal branch of the government

It was Senate Majority Leader Francis Tolentino who made the motion.

“Upon consultation with the chairperson of the committee on finance as well as Minority Leader Koko Pimentel, I move that we consider and adopt for consideration of the Senate and approval of the budget of the OP, the president’s offices, and the presidential management staff,” said Tolentino.

No objections were made to Tolentino’s motion.

The proposed 2025 budget of OP amounts to P10.506 billion.