President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Thursday asserted that a legal challenge to the constitutionality of the 2025 national budget before the Supreme Court is a tactic to destabilize his administration. He expressed confidence in the budget's legality and suggested a willingness to halt government operations if the SC ruled against it.
President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Thursday said the move challenging the constitutionality of the 2025 General Appropriations Act before the Supreme Court is part of machinations to destabilize his administration.
“Anyway, it’s not for me to argue—we will let SolGen make the argument before the Supreme Court,” he added. Speaking at the 20th National Convention of Lawyers in Cebu, the President assured that there are no “blank checks” in the 2025 national budget, saying he had gone through 4,057 pages of the budget proposal, analyzing and scrutinizing it before signing it into law.
The President did not elaborate on which provisions he had vetoed or the specific concerns he addressed.
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