President Marcos is moving to ensure that the 2025 budget will be compliant with the Constitution and has been “most prudent” in allocating resources, Malacañang said yesterday, following calls to scrap the items in the spending bill that may not withstand legal scrutiny.

President Marcos is nearly finished with his review of the 2025 national budget, which he is expected to rid of certain provisions, particularly what he deemed were unexplained “insertions” and cuts in some key agencies.