President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. tagged his predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, a liar for claiming that the 2025 General Appropriations Act was passed and signed with "blank items" and "discrepancies." "He knows that you cannot pass a GAA with a blank. He's lying. And he's lying because he knows perfectly well that that doesn't ever happen," Marcos said.

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