Marcos admin seeks P10.2B for confidential, intel funds in 2025

Updated Mon, July 29, 2024 at 8:36 PM Published Mon, July 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM

The Marcos administration is requesting P10.2 billion for confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in the 2025 national budget, a decrease from the P12 billion allocated in 2024.

The Office of the President is seeking P4.56 billion for CIF, maintaining the same amounts as in 2024 with P2.25 billion for confidential expenses and P2.31 billion for intelligence expenses.

The Department of Education and the Office of the Vice President will not receive any CIF for 2025.

The Department of Justice's confidential funds are set to increase to P579.44 million from P373.441 million in 2024.

The Department of National Defense's intelligence expenses are reduced to P1.761 billion from P2.8 billion in 2024.

Other Executive Offices will see a slight increase in confidential expenses to P1.172 billion but a significant drop in intelligence funds to P640.2 million from P1.84 billion.

The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is earmarked P7.8 billion to support its Barangay Development Program.

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