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00:00In other news, four officials of the Office of the Vice President were cited in contempt
00:04because they did not attend the hearing of the House Committee on Good, Government, and Public Accountability.
00:07Vice President Sara Duterte claimed that she was stopping her from attending the hearings.
00:13Witness, Tina Panganiban Perez.
00:19An attorney, Emily Rose Torrentira,
00:22faced the House Committee on Good, Government, and Public Accountability earlier.
00:28She is the legal affairs division chief of the Office of the Vice President,
00:32and according to her, she was appointed by the OVT.
00:36But by chance, Torrentira refused.
00:39That's the rule, internal rules of this house and this committee.
00:46You cannot speak unless you take your oath.
00:48Or else, I will move to excuse you.
00:52I am here to represent the institution, Your Honor.
00:55I was trying to explain, Your Honor, that I am not an invited resource person.
01:00Because she was not invited and she did not receive a letter of authority from the OVT,
01:05the committee ordered her to leave the hearing and escorted her out of the room.
01:11Four OVT officials were invited to attend the hearing.
01:16The case is that they all have nothing to do with confidential funds.
01:22The only one who is known is the special disbursing officer of the OVT, Gina Acosta.
01:28But she is still a no-show.
01:30She is the attorney, Lemuel Ortonio, of the OVT Bids and Awards Committee.
01:35She is also the former Deputy Special Disbursing Officer, Edward Fajarda,
01:40and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Sunshine Chary Fajarda.
01:45That's why the committee is contempting them.
01:49They were invited to the chamber several times to answer questions
01:54about the spending of confidential and intelligence funds of Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:00According to them, they have official travel to their home.
02:04They were forced to leave on the day of the hearing.
02:10Now, it makes me think that there's actually a malicious intent behind all these reasons
02:19and travel orders given to them just so that they can again avoid attending today's hearing, Mr. Chair.
02:28We find their excuse as unacceptable.
02:32We are trying to convince them not to come here.
02:36Vice President Sara Duterte is willing to answer about the sight and contempt of the people.
02:43According to the vice president, they are preparing activities for November 15.
02:49For those who were not able to attend, there are those who were not able to attend
02:56because of the activities of the OVP anniversary.
03:02Duterte denied that he's stopping the people of the OVP from attending the hearing.
03:08According to Deputy Speaker Suarez,
03:10it's the same for me that there's a travel order to all OVP officials who are being forced to leave on the day of the hearing.
03:16His accusation is that there's a malicious intent behind the travel order.
03:20That is not true. That's not a malicious intent.
03:24The vice president also answered about the recent hearing
03:28where the Commission on Audit approved the issued acknowledgment receipts
03:33for the use of confidential funds in 2022 and 2023.
03:38The PECHA is wrong. There are gaps but there are no names.
03:43There are also those who cannot be read, who are the signatories.
03:47It's purely a lie.
03:49Maybe the right venue for us to answer for the audit,
03:54not only for the confidential funds, but for all audits that are conducted in our office,
03:59in the office of the vice president, is in the Commission on Audit.
04:03So as we said from the start, we have been fully cooperating with all the AOMs.
04:10We have been answering all the questions.
04:13Regarding the operation of the satellite office of the OVP in Bacolod City,
04:18VP Sara said that it is possible until the end of the year.
04:23The reason was not detailed, but according to her,
04:27it depends on the adjustment that will be made to the fund of her employment.
04:32The Chamber and Senate reduced it for 2025.
04:36For GMA Integrated News, I'm Tina Panganiban Perez.
04:41Your Saksi.