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Transcript
00:00Vice President Sara Duterte insisted that she will continue to work in the Office of the Vice President even if there is no budget to be given to her.
00:08Some congressmen are also saying that they need to blame how the OVP is spending their budget.
00:15Witness, Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:19Now that the budget of the Office of the Vice President is still in the chamber,
00:23Vice President Sara Duterte said that they are ready, even if there is no budget to be given to her office.
00:31Remember that Vice President Duterte did not attend the OVP budget deliberation yesterday
00:37after the congressmen were able to respond to the last hearing on this matter.
00:41We also heard that there is a defunding,
00:45that the budget given to the Office of the Vice President is only a possible peso.
00:49We are ready, I am ready in the Office of the Vice President to work even if there is no budget.
00:56Our operations are small, that's why we can work even if there is no budget.
01:02The Vice President also mentioned the planned impeachment against her, which is connected to the issue of the confidential fund.
01:10She also said that she has a grudge against Speaker Martin Romualdez and the Makabayan Bloc to attack her family.
01:17Because of Martin Romualdez's desire not to attack him,
01:21and because of his desire to support the Makabayan and the NPA,
01:27he listened.
01:29And what he did,
01:32he removed the budget.
01:34And so that it is not obvious that they are attacking me,
01:37they also removed the other departments of their confidential funds.
01:47They are forcing to do based on what they are saying,
01:53an impeachment against me.
01:56That's why it's not new that they are talking about impeachment.
02:00It is connected to their plan against me.
02:05In 2024, the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President were removed.
02:11The use of OVP in 2022 was suspended within 11 days.
02:18But the gate of the Vice President has no irregularities in the use of confidential funds.
02:22The Commission on Audit is still waiting for the document that will support how the OVP spent the part of the confidential funds,
02:30which amounted to 73 million pesos.
02:33The OVP said that it will pass it first.
02:36We listened to the reaction of Speaker Romualdez again, but he did not respond.
02:41The House Appropriations Committee Chairman and I, Bicol Partylist Representative Zaldy Co,
02:47said first that the Vice President said that Romualdez controlled the national budget.
02:54He explained that there is a process of passing it and many lawmakers are investigating it.
03:00ACT-Teachers Partylist Representative Castro defended Romualdez for impeaching Duterte.
03:10But the possibility of impeachment could result from the misuse of confidential funds.
03:16He will continue to look into the legal aspect of the impeachment
03:21in order to prevent abuses to the power and interest of the country.
03:25Other congressmen also defended the camera.
03:29It's really his fault.
03:31How? Because she's the head of agency.
03:33It is her responsibility and accountability to explain.
03:38The House of Representatives also mandates to revise the budget proposed every year.
03:47For GMA Integrated News, I'm Sandra Aguinaldo, your witness.
03:53Kapuso, let's be witnesses together.
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