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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� President Ferdinand 鈥淏ongbong鈥� R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday said there is no politics involved in the budget deliberations on the 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), disputing Vice President Sara Duterte鈥檚 claim.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 know where all [of that came from], this is a budget hearing 鈥� this is something that every single government agency has to do, it鈥檚 a hearing, there鈥檚 no politics in it,鈥� said Marcos.

鈥淲e do it every year, we do it with the same department, that process is well established, it has nothing to do with politics, it has to do with the budget,鈥� he added.

According to Marcos, the budget deliberations in Congress is its way of information gathering 鈥渟o that they will know what the budget will look like.鈥�

鈥淪o, I don鈥檛 know how she can characterize these things 鈥� malayo sa pulitika 鈥榶on (it鈥檚 far from politics),鈥� he said.

The OVP鈥檚 proposed P2.037 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 is currently facing听 heavy scrutiny before Congress.

The House of Representatives has even deferred the OVP budget鈥檚 deliberations after Duterte refused to answer queries from lawmakers about how her office uses its budget.

In the Senate, there was a heated exchange between Duterte and Senator Risa Hontiveros after the latter questioned the OVP鈥檚 requested P10 million allocation for the publication of the Vice President鈥檚 self-authored children鈥檚 book 鈥淚sang Kaibigan,鈥� with the former claiming that the OVP budget was being politicized.