Poa: Pagbawi sa hiling na confi funds ng DepEd, OVP matagal pinag-aralan
Matapos bawiin ni Vice President Sara Duterte ang hiling na confidential funds para sa kanyang tanggapan at sa Education department, hinihirit ngayon ng isang mambabatas na isuko na rin ng ibang civilian agencies ang kani-kanilang confidential at intelligence funds.
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00:00 Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte has been thinking for a long time about the decision to return the confidential funds.
00:08 When the issue of confidential funds grew, as we all know, we saw and our Vice President saw that she became divisive.
00:17 And as she said, she swore an oath to keep the country peaceful and strong.
00:24 And so because of that, she eventually made the decision to give up the funds. It wasn't just yesterday.
00:32 She studied and looked at what is happening in our country because of the discussions on the confidential funds.
00:42 In a short interview in Davao, Duterte defended her decision.
00:47 But she did not answer the question if she will ask for confidential funds in the future.
00:53 In the future VP, are you planning to reinstate the confidential funds?
01:00 That is not something that I can access. Speculate right now because the next budget will be more than a year.
01:08 Of all the civilian agencies that were removed from the confidential funds, the 500 million pesos in the office of the Vice President is the largest.
01:18 125 million pesos in the DepEd that Duterte is also leading.
01:23 Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel admitted that there is no guarantee that this discussion will be dead because there is a buy-camp.
01:31 Here, senators and congressmen can change some provisions of the budget bill before submitting it to the President.
01:39 Even so, Pimentel believes that the Vice President has a word.
01:44 We have an assumption that the Vice President is not only a politician, elected public official, sensitive to the sentiments of the people,
01:57 but is also a person of her word. If she said that she will give up, I will not secretly call you and ask you to return it.
02:10 Last year, the DepEd confidential funds were blocked by the minority in the Senate.
02:15 But when it comes to the buy-camp, it was also revoked. According to Pimentel, the situation is different now.
02:20 That would be one of the biggest disappointments and one of the biggest political stories of the year if that happens.
02:27 It's already fixed, but they still disagree.
02:29 Pimentel also insisted that other civilian agencies should also give up their confidential and intelligence funds.
02:38 The President's office, according to him, did not receive the 2.3 billion pesos intelligence fund.
02:45 He is ready to question the Supreme Court and other violations of the 2024 budget.
02:52 If the Supreme Court decides that it is unconstitutional, it can have a reenacted budget or implement the budget of last year.
03:03 The consequence should not prevent us from questioning. Because we should be questioned.
03:09 Amor Santos, CNN Philippines.