Marcos Jr. denies missing items in 2025 GAA

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. reiterated on Thursday that there are no missing items in the signed 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA) during a speech at the 20th National Convention of Lawyers in Cebu City.

Marcos stated he had read and analyzed all 4,057 pages of the GAA for 2025 before signing it into law on December 30 last year with over P194 billion worth of line items vetoed.

Former executive secretary Vic Rodriguez, who is now running for Senate, filed a petition before the Supreme Court claiming that the 2025 GAA is 'illegal' and 'criminal', while former President Rodrigo Duterte flagged supposed discrepancies in the budget.

Acting chair of the House Committee on Appropriations Marikina Representative Stella Quimbo confirmed that all appropriations were determined and approved before bicam committee members signed off on them, despite the presence of blank items.

Malacañang has distanced itself from the issue, stating it is an internal matter between the House of Representatives and the Senate.