Leaders of the House of Representatives warn Vice President Sara Duterte she may be violating the Constitution, and may be criminally liable for graft.
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00:00Leaders of the House of Representatives warned Vice President Sara Duterte Tuesday, September 10,
00:05she may be violating the Constitution and possibly be criminally liable for graft.
00:09House Majority Leader Manix Dalipe flags Duterte's repeated refusal
00:13to explain how Php 125 million in confidential funds in 2022 were spent.
00:18Php 73 million of the fund was disallowed by the Commission on Audit for alleged irregularities.
00:23Manila Representative Bienvenido Abante also suggests Duterte may have committed
00:28an unconstitutional act for letting her entire agency snub the hearing.
00:32The Vice President says she is aware of talks to defund her office.
00:36We are ready, I am ready, in the office of the Vice President to work even if there is no budget.
00:43Our office is just small.
00:45The House again defers the budget deliberations for the OVP after Duterte accused
00:50Speaker Martin Romualdez and Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldy Co
00:54of controlling the national budget.
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