Rep. Zamora, inilatag kung saan gagamitin ang confidential funds ng OVP
Rep. Zamora, inilatag kung saan gagamitin ang confidential funds ng OVP
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00:00 The various parties of the Camera decided to transfer the confidential and intelligence funds
00:06 to agencies with a mandate of the national security.
00:09 But the spending of the Office of the Vice President of 125 million confidential funds
00:17 in 11 days was not saved in the eyes of a judge.
00:19 Karen Villanda has the report.
00:24 In the spending of the Office of the Vice President for 2.385 billion pesos, which is the amount of the fund in 2024,
00:32 Davao de Oro First District Representative Maria Carmen Zamora,
00:37 who served as the principal sponsor of the OVP,
00:39 asked questions about the confidential funds of the agency.
00:42 She explained that among the programs that will use 500 million pesos confidential funds
00:48 are Medical and Burial Assistance Program, Food Assistance, and Mag-Negosyo Kadaya.
00:53 The new campaign, Libreng Sakay, and other programs of the OVP
00:57 that will probably be implemented properly,
01:00 aim to reduce poverty in the country and to improve the peace in the Philippines.
01:05 The proposal for confidential funds is not for the implementation of Libreng Sakay,
01:11 but for its monitoring and surveillance
01:15 because the OVP aims to bring its programs to other areas
01:19 with a vision to target poverty reduction, threats to peace and order.
01:24 And therefore, again, it's not directly used for the implementation of Libreng Sakay,
01:30 but it is used for assessment, surveillance of the implementation of the program.
01:37 The decision of various parties in the House was issued
01:40 to transfer the confidential and intelligence fund
01:43 to government agencies that do not have a mandate in the security of the country
01:47 and to give it to the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency or NICA,
01:51 which is the national intelligence collector.
01:54 National Security Council, which serves as an advisory body
01:57 on the plans and policies for the security of the Philippines,
02:00 will also be added to the confidential and intelligence fund
02:05 of the Philippine Coast Guard and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.
02:09 Next, the threats in the West Philippine Sea,
02:12 especially the placement of the floating barrier of the China Coast Guard in Bajo de Bacinloca,
02:16 are not only to be used by government agencies
02:19 as a means of reducing or completely removing the confidential fund.
02:23 The use of OVP in the confidential fund was also criticized again in 2022.
02:28 The Office of the Vice President spent P125 million in the confidential fund in 11 days.
02:39 Do you confirm that Madam Sponsor?
02:44 According to Zamora, on December 13, the special allotment release order was issued
02:48 where the implementation of the OVP started, or within 11 days.
02:53 But the actual utilization started on December 20.
02:57 The spending was also fast because the plans were already laid out in August last year.
03:03 The budget deliberation of the OVP also took more than an hour and a half.
03:08 After it was terminated, the Department of Education also joined the budget deliberation
03:13 for more than P700 billion in the next year.
03:17 The Department of Education was also not safe when it came to the confidential funds.
03:21 In the education community, there are the SUCs and the CHED.
03:25 Mr. Speaker, they are not requesting confidential funds.
03:28 What makes the Department of Education special to give confidential funds?
03:32 The Department of Education is using it to make their programs effective and safe in the environment.
03:38 Education and national security are inevitably intertwined.
03:41 Today, our schools are confronted by several threats on recruitment to terrorist and violent extremist groups,
03:49 drug trade, sexual abuse, child pornography, as well as organized criminal activities and scams
03:57 against our learners, teachers, and unteaching personnel.
04:01 Confidential funds are necessary in gathering intelligence for the formulation and implementation of target programs.
04:09 The Department of Education also asked the country's performance assessment
04:14 on the International Student Assessment, where the country's ranking fell to 79 in 2018.
04:21 According to the Department of Education, a solid curriculum is a big help to make it better, which was announced this August.
04:27 Karen Villanda for the Morning Show of the Philippines.
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