President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, January 20, accuses former President Rodrigo Duterte of lying about the 2025 budget, after Duterte said it was ‘invalid’ due to ‘blanks’ in the document.
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00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Monday, January 20,
00:04accuses former President Rodrigo Duterte of lying about the 2025 budget.
00:08This after Duterte said it was invalid due to blanks in the document.
00:13In a chance interview with reporters, Marcos firmly denies the claim.
00:16He explains it is not allowed for a General Appropriations Act item
00:20to lack details about a project, expenses, and allocated funds.
00:24Duterte and Davao City Representative Isidro Ungab discussed the 2025 budget
00:28in the online program, Basta da Boweno.
00:31Ungab claimed that certain line items for the Agriculture Department
00:34and unprogrammed appropriations lacked specific allocation amounts.
00:39He also said he saw 13 pages with blanks in the report from the bicameral conference committee.
00:44The Department of Budget and Management denies Ungab's allegations,
00:47calling them completely false and reckless.
00:50Meantime, Marcos urges the public to review the budget online.