Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament approved Wednesday night, Dec. 23 the proposed ₱75.6-billion budget of the BARMM government for fiscal year 2021.
With 55 members voting Yes, zero voting No, and no abstention, the parliament approved BTA Bill No. 73 entitled “An Act Appropriating Funds for the Operation of the Bangsamoro Government from January 1 to December 31, 2021, and for Other Purposes.
”Following its approval in the plenary, Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim signed the bill into law as Bangsamoro Appropriations Act (BAA) 2021.The chief minister filed Bill No. 73 on November 26. [Related Story: CM Ebrahim files 2021 BARMM budget to plenary]
Ebrahim earlier said that while the bill presents immediate response to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the autonomous government’s mandate to rebuild the Bangsamoro ground up remains to be its top priority.
“Our task for the upcoming year is to create programs and policies that will simultaneously revive the economy, deliver basic services to the constituents and revisit our public health institutions,” he said.
“The Bangsamoro Organic Law remains to be at the heart of this fiscal design. We propose mechanisms that can effectively address the diverse needs of the Bangsamoro, regardless of their geographic area and/or ethno linguistic identity. This design, just like last year, continues to echo the call to inclusivity – where initiatives and programs are tailored fit with the respective realities on the ground,” Ebrahim added.
BAA 2021 covers the proposed budgets of the BARMM’s different ministries, agencies, and offices, which were thoroughly scrutinized by the sub-committees of the BTA’s Committee on Finance, Budget, and Management (CFBM).
The following is the breakdown of the budget, with ₱11.2 billion allocated for Special Purpose Fund:
•Office of the Chief Minister (OCM) – ₱10.2 billion
•Ministry of Finance, Budget, and Management (MFBM) – ₱389.6 million
•Ministry of Social, Services, and Development (MSSD) – ₱3.3 billion
•Ministry of Trade, Investments, and Tourism (MTIT) – ₱323.5 million
•Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) – ₱274.1 million
•Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) – ₱623.2 million
•Ministry of Basic, Higher, and Technical Education (MBHTE) – ₱23.5 billion
•Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MIPA) – ₱105.2 million
•Ministry of Health (MOH) – ₱5.1 billion
•Ministry of Public Works (MPW) – ₱15.7 billion
•Ministry of Interior Local Government (MILG) – ₱1.05 billion
•Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources, and Energy (MENRE) – ₱553.7 million
•Ministry of Human Settlements and Development (MHSD) – ₱811 million
•Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) – ₱197.2 million
•Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reforms (MAFAR) – ₱1.5 billion
•Ministry of Public Order and Safety (MPOS) – ₱108.8 million
•Office of the Wali – ₱33 million
•Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) – ₱85 million
•Bangsamoro Attorney General Office (BAGO) – ₱41 million
•Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission (BHRC) – ₱97.4 million
•Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) – ₱71.6 million
•Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) – ₱76.7 million
The ₱75.6-billion budget is appropriated out of the annual block grant from the National Government, share in the National Government taxes, fees and charges collected in the Bangsamoro territorial jurisdiction, and projected collections on regional taxes, fees and charges for the operation of the Bangsamoro Government from January 1 to December 31, 2021.
Read more: https://bangsamoro.gov.ph/…/bta-parliament-approves…/
Source: Bangsamoro Government(Bangsamoro Information Office)
