President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has vetoed three provisions in the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023, Malacañang announced on Wednesday.

The Office of the Press Secretary said the President particularly turned down provisions that "are not related to the newly approved appropriations and could amend substantive laws."

The Chief Executive vetoed provisions in the budget of the Department of Labor and Employment, the Department of Education and the Department of Tourism.

Marcos rejected to grant authority to a commission of the DoLE to use its income, saying that the subject income "already forms part of the revenue and financing sources" of the 2023 national expenditure plan.

Citing Section 65 of Presidential Decree 1445 or the Government Auditing Code of the Philippines, which stated that unless otherwise specifically provided by law, income accruing to the agencies by virtue of the provisions of the law, orders, and regulations "shall be deposited in the National Treasury or in any duly authorized government depository and shall accrue to the unappropriated surplus of the General Fund of the government."

"Further, Section 66 of PD No. 1445 and Section 45, Chapter 5, Book VI of EO No. 292 prescribe that receipts shall be recorded as income of Special, Fiduciary or Trust Funds or Funds other than the General Fund only when authorized by law," the presidential veto read.

The NLRC, he added, is not granted authority to use its income under existing laws.

"Further, the funding requirements for the operations of the NLRC are already fully provided under its budget under this Act," it said.

Also vetoed are the provisions authorizing the Office of the Secretary of both the DepEd and the DoT to establish a revolving fund and prohibit the use of funds to change the tourism campaign slogan, respectively.

The President said there is no law authorizing DepEd to establish a revolving fund for the "DepEd TV" program.

DepEd TV, he added, is not a business-type activity of the agency that may be considered within the contemplation of the General Provision on Revolving Funds in the 2023 national budget, which permits the establishment of a revolving fund from receipts derived from business-type activities.

The President also vetoed the provision "in no case shall the appropriations be utilized to change the tourism campaign slogan" under Department of Tourism-OSEC, Special Provision No. 4, "Branding Campaign Program" Volume I-B, page 313, inasmuch as it intends to limit the exercise of the functions of the Executive Branch in implementing RA No. 9593 (The Tourism Act of 2009).

He explained that under RA 9593, the DoT is mandated to be the primary planning, programming, coordinating, implementing, and regulatory government agency in the development and promotion of the tourism industry, both domestically and globally.

The President signed the 2023 General Appropriations Act on Friday, which he described as a "muscle" for his administration's roadmap for next year.

The 2023 GAA is 4.9 percent higher than the 2022 budget.