Manila, Oct. 7 -- Malacanang on Tuesday attributed budget delays encountered by Sen. Imee Marcos to possible congressional insertions.

This, after Marcos raised concerns over her budget request being marked as FLR (For Later Release), even calling it as "First Lady Reject."

In a press briefing, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro called on the public officials to refrain from making baseless insinuations without evidence, noting that these can undermine the government's work.

"Unang-una po, kung sinasabi niyang siya'y nagre-request, inaamin po ba niyang may insertion na siya ngayo'y gusto niyang ipa-release? So, iyan po ang ating unang katanungan (First, if Sen. Imee admits to requesting the budget, does that mean there are insertions s...