Marcoleta, Ungab fight Sara Duterte's House critics at budget briefing for OVP
A word war breaks out between Sara Dutete’s defenders in the House and her critics.
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00:00With Sara Duterte absent from the House deliberations for her office's 2025 budget,
00:04SAGIP Rep. Rodante Marcoleta takes the lead in defending the vice president.
00:09He immediately moves to terminate the budget briefing Tuesday,
00:12but House Appropriations Senior Vice Chairperson Stella Quimbo calls for a suspension.
00:16We cannot do anything.
00:17We are already in the process of reviewing the budget.
00:24Kabataan Rep. Raul Manuel objects to Marcoleta's motion,
00:27prompting a vote among lawmakers.
00:29Forty-five go against terminating the budget briefing, with three others in favor.
00:33Marcoleta, Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab, and Davao Occidental Rep. Claude Bautista.
00:39And because she is not president, she is actually insulting the
00:44second institution that should scrutinize the budget of the vice president.
00:48If we will be always submitting to this tradition,
00:52what happens to the constitutional provision on public office is a public trust.
00:59you