Sara Duterte accuses Romualdez, Co of meddling in 2023 DepEd budget

  • 4 days ago
Vice President Sara Duterte accuses House Speaker Martin Romualdez and House appropriations committee chairman Zaldy Co of meddling with the DepEd budget.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sara-duterte-accuses-romualdez-co-meddling-2023-deped-budget/
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00:00The budget of the Philippines is only held by two people.
00:05It is held by Congressman Zaldico and Congressman Martin Romualdez.
00:11That is the truth.
00:13Vice President Sara Duterte claims this in an interview released Tuesday, September 10,
00:17ahead of the scheduled deliberations of her office's budget in the House of Representatives.
00:21But House Committee Appropriations Chairman Zaldico denies this.
00:25This is a big mistake.
00:29In the video, the Vice President says she was surprised when congressmen asked her for a portion of the budget.
00:34Duterte and her entire office skips the second round of budget deliberations for her agency Tuesday.
00:40The House Appropriations Committee defers for a second time the deliberations on her office's budget.
00:45They suggest the budget either be reduced or to place certain funds on hold until further discussions are held.

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