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Transcript
00:00The seven officials of the Office of the Vice President were placed in the Immigration Lookout Bulletin and they did not hide from the cameras.
00:08Among them is OVP Chief of Staff Zuleika Lopez who left the country before the hearing on Tuesday.
00:16The OVP explained in the first news of Tina Pangaliban Perez.
00:21Because of several times of snobbery in the hearings, the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability requested
00:31to place the seven officials of the Office of the Vice President in the Immigration Lookout Bulletin.
00:37This was given by the Department of Justice and the ruling was issued.
00:41I would like to reiterate that this ILBO is not a restriction to their travel or their right to travel
00:47but merely a monitoring mechanism by which we can see if they left the country or entered the country.
00:54But the DOJ clarified.
00:56It does not by any stretch of the imagination force them to attend a particular hearing whether it be in the Congress, Senate or in court.
01:05Chief of Staff of Vice President Sara Duterte, Zuleika Lopez, was included in the lookout order.
01:12She was expected to attend the hearing but she left for America on the eve of the committee hearing.
01:18According to Committee Chair Joel Chua, it seems that someone is stopping the OVP officials from facing an investigation
01:25related to the spending of the confidential and intelligence fund of the OVP.
01:30They are asking if VP Sara is the one who signed the travel authority of her Chief of Staff.
01:36This is also the opinion of other congressmen.
01:40There is bad faith in the reasons.
01:43First, they were invited several times.
01:46Second, you can see that there is bad faith because she left the country the night before the scheduled hearing.
01:55The Chief of Staff has the obligation to explain the irregularities, the concerns and the issues.
02:02If no one is hiding anything, why are you avoiding it?
02:05In one statement, the OVP confirmed that Lopez was traveling to America and approved her visa.
02:12It was a personal trip and there is no connection to her work.
02:17The OVP also requested that Lopez's privacy and that of her family be kept secret during a difficult time.
02:25Some congressmen are also concerned about Vice President Sara Duterte's refusal to give an oath at the hearing.
02:33It does not set a good precedent for all resource persons that will attend in the future hearings.
02:39Even former President Aquino attended the Senate hearing and took his oath.
02:45President Duterte attended the Senate hearing and took his oath.
02:50Despite this, it is premature to say that there is a basis to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:56It's premature to even say that this leads to impeachment.
03:02We have yet to find out what really happened as far as the utilization of these funds.
03:08We are asking for a reaction from VP Sara.
03:12This is the first news. Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.

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