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House leaders urge return of Marcos’ proposed 2026 budget over ‘mangled’ entries
House party leaders are seeking to return the 2026 National Expenditure Program (NEP) to Malacañang due to "mangled" entries in President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s budget proposal.
This move threatens to delay the passage of next year's P6.793-trillion national budget.
House Deputy Speaker Ronaldo Puno stated that the budget proposal has to be practically redone.
Puno cited concerns that the NEP includes allocations for already completed infrastructure projects, "suspicious" flood control projects, and problems with how district budgets were prepared.
The House leadership stated they cannot proceed with the current version of the NEP and will have to redo the entire document if it is not corrected by the DBM.
President Marcos acknowledged "insertions" in the 2026 NEP and the need for it to be "cleaned out properly."
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