Marcos: We'll keep looking for those 'damned' blank items in GAA

Manila Bulletin

President Marcos is convinced that there were no blank items in the 2025 General Appropriations Act (GAA), saying he has reviewed the law front to back and did not find any.  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/1/30/marcos-damned-blank-items-gaa  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manilabulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Just last month, I had to read 4,057 pages of the General Appropriations Act for 2025.

00:13Because I reviewed it, analyzed it, and yes, in parts, vetoed it.

00:18And so, for those of you, and up to now, I cannot find those damned blank items.

00:25We'll keep looking. We'll keep looking.

00:28But I really am convinced that they simply do not exist because it is not allowed to exist.

00:33So for those of you who think the presidency is just handshakes, photo ops,

00:38I assure you, that fine print is alive in my office as well.

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