00:00President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. vetoes over P92.5 billion of unprogrammed appropriations in the national budget for 2026.
00:08This reduces the UA to less than half of the amount Congress had agreed upon and approved.
00:13To ensure that public funds are expended in clear service of national interest,
00:19I vetoed several items of appropriations with their purposes and corresponding special provisions under the UA,
00:27totaling almost P92.5 billion.
00:32He also notes the unprogrammed appropriations for 2026, at just over P150 billion,
00:38were at the bare minimum and the lowest since 2019.
00:41These are the vetoed items.
00:48Marcos signs the 2026 national budget into law on Monday, January 5.
00:53The 2026 budget is the first under Marcos that was signed this late.
00:57This year's budget approval comes amid heightened scrutiny and public outcry over billions of pesos
01:02that were pocketed through government flood control projects.
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