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Makabayan bloc: Clearing Marcos of insertion issue ‘premature’
Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc believe it is premature to clear President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of any involvement in the P100 billion budget insertion for 2025 without a thorough investigation.
ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio and Gabriela party-list Rep. Sarah Elago stated there is no basis to absolve Marcos Jr. until an investigation into allegations made by Ako Bicol party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co is conducted.
These allegations suggest that Marcos Jr., through former Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, ordered the insertion of P100 billion for infrastructure projects into the 2025 budget.
Tinio criticized Senator Panfilo Lacson for prematurely clearing the President, asserting that statements from Co and former Public Works Undersecretary Roberto Bernardo confirm Marcos Jr.'s direct role.
Tinio further argued that Lacson's claim that Marcos Jr. was merely used or name-dropped by officials like Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Secretary Pangandaman is inaccurate.
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Former Ako Bicol party-list Representative Zaldy Co urged Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla to investigate President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and former Speaker Martin Romualdez for alleged P100 billion budget insertions for the 2025 national budget.
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Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman has refuted allegations by former Ako Bicol Party-list Rep. Elizaldy Co regarding P100 billion budget insertions supposedly ordered by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson confirmed that P100 billion was inserted into the 2025 General Appropriations Act, with P81 billion allocated to the Department of Public Works and Highways and P19 billion to other agencies.
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The Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI) is reviewing allegations made by former Ako Bicol Representative Elizaldy Co against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. concerning the 2025 national budget.
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Davao Representative Paolo Duterte urged the House of Representatives to investigate allegations of a P100 billion insertion into the 2025 national budget, based on claims by former Representative Elizaldy Co.
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