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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte and several congressmen are eager to hear the budget of her office for the year 2025.
00:08Breaking news, Tina Panganiban-Perez.
00:14Vice President Sara Duterte refused to answer any questions about confidential funds
00:20in the hearing of the House of Representatives on the request of more than 2 billion pesos budget of the Office of the Vice President.
00:26She was continued by ACT Teacher's Partylist Representative to a position.
00:56Madam Chair, point of order, Madam Chair, because it's like...
01:00So let's please proceed with the answer, Madam Chair.
01:02Point of order, Madam Chair, because it's like she's the one who's presiding.
01:05You need to explain, so it can't be like that,
01:11the tactics like that, that's like, you know,
01:14like, sorry for the squid,
01:16that when the squid is being served, it's wearing a black tint.
01:20Why are you crucifying me for saying a fact
01:25that somebody is convicted of child abuse sitting in the chair?
01:35Squid?
01:36A congressman motioned to erase from the records of the camera
01:40the correctness of the visa to Castro regarding child abuse
01:44that was erased by the many congressmen.
01:47There was also a motion to erase from the records
01:50the correctness of the visa regarding the squid
01:52and Castro said that the confidential funds were illegally used
01:56but it was defeated by a vote.
02:00According to the Commission on Audit,
02:02more than P73 million out of P125 million of confidential funds
02:07of the OVP in 2022 were disallowed
02:11because the documents submitted were not enough.
02:14Almost P70 million were paid as bribe
02:18or bought by various goods and medicines.
02:21I hope you can make it legal, Madam Chair.
02:25Thank you, Madam Chair.
02:27She may not like my answer.
02:31She may not like how I answer.
02:34She may not like the content of my answer.
02:38But I am answering.
02:40A colleague of the Vice President is defending.
02:43We have already taken action
02:46by removing the confidential funds of the Vice President
02:49in the 2024 budget.
02:53So I submit again, Madam Chair, that this is not...
02:56I mean, if we're talking about oversight,
02:58yes, there is oversight of any House committee
03:01but not during the budget hearing of a specific year's budget.
03:07Explained by the presiding chairperson,
03:09it is important to discuss the confidential funds of 2022
03:14because it has an effect on their decision
03:17on the budget of the OVP for the next year.
03:20Item number three is comparative budget allocation
03:25and utilization rate from fiscal year 2019 to 2023.
03:30That's item number three.
03:32So I can provide you copies of the letter.
03:36Clearly, confidential funds spent in 2022
03:42falls squarely within that.
03:45VP Sara also requested that Kimbo be replaced
03:48as presiding chairperson.
03:50Please act in a respectful manner.
03:53I'm sorry, your power is not included
03:56in the firing of the presiding officer of this hearing.
04:01I cannot fire the presiding chair.
04:03So why?
04:05Yes, we...
04:06Why is this so one-sided, ma'am?
04:08Is it because there are many of you on the other side
04:10and I'm the only one here?
04:12The question was called a vicious attack.
04:15We saw the timelines and we saw the script
04:22in the narrative of the attack on the office of the vice president
04:26with regard to confidential funds.
04:28Absolutely no plan, any conspiracy,
04:33if I may use that word, to attack.
04:37If I also may use that word.
04:39We're just here to dilute the budget.
04:43She accused the House of Representatives
04:46of trying to impeach her
04:48because she refused to listen to some congressmen
04:50who she did not want to be named.
04:52I will not violate the confidence
04:54of a few members of the House of Representatives
04:57who have either recorded conversations
05:01or participated in shared conversations
05:05regarding impeachment proceedings against me.
05:09Tina Panganiban Perez reporting for GMA Integrated News.
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