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00:00 The committee approved the 10.7 billion peso budget of the Office of the President for 2024.
00:07 That includes 4.56 billion pesos of confidential and intelligence funds.
00:13 In the House of Representatives, Speaker Martin Rumualdez answered the challenge of former President Duterte to liquidate the expenses.
00:19 We have first news, Ma'am Gonzales.
00:26 Before the camera removed the confidential funds, the Office of the Vice President and four other agencies,
00:31 the discussion was heated.
00:33 Former President Rodrigo Duterte was defended by his son, Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:39 He was shown by VP Sara the plan in the fund.
00:42 According to the former president, he set the visa to use in the NIA-PMT and require the ROTC.
00:49 He gave his son a directive to direct the intel fund to prepare the minds of Filipinos for insurgency or to get sick.
00:55 But he did not detail how he will do it based on the plan seen by the former president.
01:01 Along with defending his son, the former president also demanded liquidation.
01:05 He said it's a liquidation to let the public know that the most corrupt institution in the country is the Congress
01:10 because the use of pork barrel funds is limitless according to the former president.
01:15 He also mentioned to House Speaker Martin Rumualdez that the congressmen are being fed up.
01:20 The expenses of the camera should be audited because the speaker will run for president.
01:26 He also asked the Office of the President how much they are spending.
01:29 House Speaker Martin Rumualdez answered that the camera was audited by COA.
01:33 The camera also does not have a confidential or intelligence fund according to the Secretary General of the Camera.
01:39 It is also regularly audited and always open to the Commission on Audit.
01:43 Based on the COA report of October 2, there are no disallowances, notice of suspension or notice of charge for the camera.
01:49 That's why it's passed in the audit.
01:51 The Senate also denied that they have no confidential funds this year.
01:55 According to the Senate Secretary, there are extraordinary and miscellaneous expenses
02:00 that are used for meetings, seminars and other activities of the Senate.
02:04 The Senate Committee on Finance also said that it is also audited by COA.
02:08 And even though there was an allocation of confidential funds to the former leaders of the Senate,
02:13 they did not spend it and returned it to the public.
02:17 President Soto did not use it.
02:21 Maybe it's just a standby.
02:23 They just want to have a standby but they did not see the need.
02:27 That's okay.
02:28 The Senate Committee also denied that the camera plan was not yet done deal or tiak.
02:33 They transferred more than P1 billion in confidential funds of civilian agencies
02:38 to agencies and programs to protect the West Philippine Sea.
02:41 A senator denies the removal of the camera from the confidential funds of the Department of Information and Communications Technology
02:49 because it is necessary against cybercrimes.
02:51 A senator of CONFI and Entelfonts also wants to give the NBI Cybercrime Division.
02:56 The Office of the Ombudsman said that they will lower the confidential funds to P1 billion from the estimated P51 million for 2024.
03:05 The Office of a Solicitor General, Department of Foreign Affairs and Department of Migrant Workers
03:11 said that they do not need confidential funds.
03:14 The Senate Committee quickly approved the estimated P10.7 billion for 2024 budget of the Office of the President.
03:21 There are P4.56 billion of confidential and intelligence funds.
03:25 That is even before the Senate Minority Leader was removed because the Office of the President is a civilian agency
03:31 and the intelligence of the specialists should be allowed.
03:35 The Finance Committee explained,
03:37 "Do we want to elect the President if he said that it is necessary?
03:41 There are many things that even me as a senator, I don't know what I know.
03:46 Because the President is the only one who receives intelligence.
03:49 He is the only one who knows. He has something that we don't know."
03:51 This is the first news. Mav Gonzales for GMA Integrated News.
03:55 (music)

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