Vice President Sara Duterte – who had initially wanted to join her aide in detention – visits her chief of staff being held in contempt at the Batasan.
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00:00Vice President Sara Duterte spends the night at the House of Representatives as she visited her detained Chief of Staff Zulaica Lopez.
00:08Duterte initially requested that she be allowed to accompany Lopez in detention, citing humanitarian reasons including Lopez's chronic back problem and lack of sleep due to safety concerns.
00:18Duterte arrived at the House at around 7.40pm Thursday night, beyond visiting hours.
00:23The visit ended at around 10pm, so she decided to spend the night at the office of her brother, Davao Rep. Paulo Duterte.
00:30On Wednesday, November 20, the House Committee on Good Government cited Lopez in contempt and ordered her detention due to her undue interference in proceedings.
00:39Lopez had sent a letter to the Commission on Audit, blocking the release of a confidential funds report to lawmakers.
00:45House Secretary General Reginald Velasco says, if Lopez appears at the Monday hearing and tells the truth, the contempt order will be lifted and she can go home.
00:53The panel is investigating Duterte's alleged misuse of funds allocated to the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education.