EXPLAINER: SC voids multi-trillion-peso budget laws in 2024 and 2025. Now what?

GMA Network - Oct 21, 2026

The Supreme Court has declared as unconstitutional the Philippines' national budget laws in 2024 and 2025 worth P5.768 trillion and P6.352 trillion respectively. It also struck down the provisions allowing unprogrammed appropriations in the 2026 budget. What happens now to the funds disbursed according to these laws and provisions?

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