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Palace confident 2026 national budget will withstand SC scrutiny
Business World Philippines
|January 07, 2026
MALACANANG said it is confident the proposed 2026 national budget will withstand legal scrutiny, after opposition lawmakers signaled plans to challenge its constitutionality before the Supreme Court (SC).
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Palace Press Officer Clarissa A. Castro said the administration respects the right of lawmakers, including Caloocan Rep. Edgar R. Erice and Mamamayang Liberal Party-list Rep. Leila M. de Lima, to question the constitutionality of certain provisions — particularly unprogrammed appropriations — even after Congress moved to reduce the allocations.
“They have the right to go to the Supreme Court and ask whether this portion of the 2026 national budget is unconstitutional,” she told a briefing on Tuesday in Filipino. “If they file apetition, the administration will respond, and we will wait for the Court’s decision.”
President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Monday signed the 2026 national budget worth P6.793 trillion, but vetoed about P92.5 billion in unprogrammed appropriations, bringing the reserve funds to about P150.9 billion, the lowest since 2019.
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