00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. returned former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:06to the Allegation of Blank Page of the General Appropriations Act.
00:10The President gave it to him as a former president.
00:13Duterte knew that his actions were wrong.
00:17That's what Clay Zalfardilia said.
00:21He's lying.
00:24He's a president.
00:25He knows that you cannot pass a GAO without a blank.
00:30He's lying.
00:33And he's lying because he knows perfectly well that that doesn't ever happen.
00:38That's a lie.
00:40President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. called it a lie
00:45that a blank page was left in some part of the 2025 national budget
00:52when former President Rodrigo Duterte
00:56and Davao 3rd District Representative Isidro Ungab
00:59passed a discrepancy in the national budget
01:02that was not complete enough to make a blank cheque
01:05that could be paid for.
01:07In the history of the entire Philippines,
01:11the GAO is not allowed to have an item
01:17that does not state what the project is and what the expenses are.
01:26President Rodrigo Duterte and Davao 3rd District Representative Isidro Ungab
01:29did not allow the public to look at the website of the Department of Budget and Management
01:32to prove that the information provided is false.
01:37First, the palace denied the spread and manipulation of fake news or misinformation of Duterte
01:44that is malicious and should be condemned as a criminal act.
01:48Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said
01:51that the Congress and the DBM studied more than 4,000 pages of the national budget.
01:58The government assured that there is no project, program, or activity
02:04that has no fund before the law was passed.
02:07The palace called on Duterte's camp
02:10to be responsible for their actions
02:13and to avoid spreading false information.
02:17The DBM clarified that the pages were leaked
02:21from the Bicameral Conference Committee Report and not from the General Appropriations Bill.
02:26The agency urged the public to be careful, watch and verify the information
02:32before sharing or spreading it on social media sites.
02:36Kalay Zalpardiliya for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.
