SC reschedules oral arguments for PhilHealth, national budget, Maharlika fund

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday announced that it has rescheduled the oral arguments for petitions concerning the transfer of the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) Funds, the 2025 national budget, and the Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) of 2023.

In a press briefing, SC spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting said the oral arguments on petitions seeking to block the transfer of PhilHealth’s excess funds to the national treasury will take place on April 2 and April 3 as well as April 4, if necessary.

She said these will be held in Baguio City.

Meanwhile, the oral arguments for the petitions challenging the General Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year 2025 was moved to May 19, 2025.

The petition alleges irregularities and blank items in the bicameral conference committee report on the 2025 national budget.

Ting also announced that the oral arguments for the petition seeking the declaration of the MIF as unconstitutional will be on July 8 and 9.

The petitioners argued that MIF failed to satisfy the test of economic viability, violated the independence of the BSP, and that the presidential certification of the MIF bill in the House of Representatives and in the Senate did not comply with the requirements under the Philippine Constitution. — BAP, GMA Integrated News