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'Gov't shutdown?': Marcos accuses petitioners vs 2025 budget of 'destabilization'
'Gov't shutdown?': Marcos accuses petitioners vs 2025 budget of 'destabilization'
Vilma Andales,
ABS-CBN News
Published Jan 30, 2025 05:53 PM PHT

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Promoted Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the Ceremonial Hall inside Malacañan Palace on December 4, 2024. Santi San Juan, PPA pool/file

CEBU CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said those who filed a petition against the 2025 budget law were seeking the "shutdown" of government to fulfill their "destabilization" agenda.
CEBU CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said those who filed a petition against the 2025 budget law were seeking the "shutdown" of government to fulfill their "destabilization" agenda.
“We shut down everything. I guess that’s what they want, they want the government to cease working at matuloy ang destabilization na kanilang ginagawa," Marcos Jr. said in a chance interview in Cebu City.
“We shut down everything. I guess that’s what they want, they want the government to cease working at matuloy ang destabilization na kanilang ginagawa," Marcos Jr. said in a chance interview in Cebu City.
His former executive secretary and campaign spokesperson Vic Rodriguez and Davao Rep. Isidro Ungab this week asked the Supreme Court to nullify the 2025 General Appropriations Act.
His former executive secretary and campaign spokesperson Vic Rodriguez and Davao Rep. Isidro Ungab this week asked the Supreme Court to nullify the 2025 General Appropriations Act.
They claimed that they discovered supposed blank items in the budget’s bicameral conference committee report amounting to about P100 billion.
They claimed that they discovered supposed blank items in the budget’s bicameral conference committee report amounting to about P100 billion.
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But Marcos reiterated that there were no "blank items" in the 2025 national budget, saying he reviewed all "4,057 pages of it" before he signed it.
But Marcos reiterated that there were no "blank items" in the 2025 national budget, saying he reviewed all "4,057 pages of it" before he signed it.
The President also said the government has no back up plan in case the Supreme Court invalidates the 2025 budget.
The President also said the government has no back up plan in case the Supreme Court invalidates the 2025 budget.
However, Marcos said such scenario was unlikely because he was assured by Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra that they have a solid footing on the issue of the budget's constitutionality.
However, Marcos said such scenario was unlikely because he was assured by Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra that they have a solid footing on the issue of the budget's constitutionality.
Marcos was in Cebu also to inaugurate the 2.6 kilometer alternate runway of the Mactan Cebu International Airport.
Marcos was in Cebu also to inaugurate the 2.6 kilometer alternate runway of the Mactan Cebu International Airport.
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