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President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Promoted Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the Ceremonial Hall inside Malacañan Palace on December 4, 2024. Santi San Juan, PPA pool

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Vilma Andales

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/173823005284520241204-bbm-afp-promotions-PPA-8.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends the Oath-Taking Ceremony of the Newly Promoted Generals and Flag Officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) at the Ceremonial Hall inside Malacañan Palace on December 4, 2024. <em>Santi San Juan, PPA pool/file</em></span></span></span></div><p>CEBU CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Thursday said those who filed a petition against the 2025 budget law were seeking the &quot;shutdown&quot; of government to fulfill their &quot;destabilization&quot; agenda.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/30/marcos-asserts-can-t-find-those-damned-blank-items-in-2025-budget-1140">Marcos asserts &#x27;can&#x27;t find those damned blank items&#x27; in 2025 budget</a></div><p>“We shut down everything. I guess that’s what they want, they want the government to cease working at matuloy ang destabilization na kanilang ginagawa,&quot; Marcos Jr. said in a chance interview in Cebu City.</p><p>His former executive secretary and campaign spokesperson Vic Rodriguez and Davao Rep. Isidro Ungab this week asked the Supreme Court to nullify the 2025 General Appropriations Act. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/28/palace-too-soon-to-comment-on-sc-petition-vs-2025-budget-law-1503">Palace: &#x27;Too soon&#x27; to comment on SC petition vs 2025 budget law</a></div><p>They claimed that they discovered supposed blank items in the budget’s bicameral conference committee report amounting to about P100 billion.</p><p>But Marcos reiterated that there were no &quot;blank items&quot; in the 2025 national budget, saying he reviewed all &quot;4,057 pages of it&quot; before he signed it.</p><p>The President also said the government has no back up plan in case the Supreme Court invalidates the 2025 budget. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/1/27/2025-budget-lawful-valid-all-amounts-in-bicam-report-determined-before-signing-quimbo-1743">2025 budget lawful, valid; all amounts in bicam report ‘determined’ before signing: Quimbo</a></div><p>However, Marcos said such scenario was unlikely because he was assured by Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra that they have a solid footing on the issue of the budget&#x27;s constitutionality.</p><p>Marcos was in Cebu also to inaugurate the 2.6 kilometer alternate runway of the Mactan Cebu International Airport.</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1GVDIMkcajU?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said the petitioners against the 2025 budget law were seeking the "shutdown" of government.</p>

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. said the petitioners against the 2025 budget law were seeking the "shutdown" of government.

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'Gov't shutdown?': Marcos accuses petitioners vs 2025 budget of 'destabilization'

Vilma Andales,

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Published Jan 30, 2025 05:53 PM PHT

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