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00:00The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability
00:07allowed Vice President Sara Duterte to remain in the House of Representatives
00:10to visit the detained Chief of Staff.
00:13The Vice President also visited the House Speaker and other congressmen.
00:18Watch this.
00:23This is Vice President Sara Duterte and her Chief of Staff,
00:27Atty. Sulaika Lopez, who is detained in the House of Representatives.
00:30Atty. Harry Roque posted this on his Facebook account.
00:34Last night, Lopez was in the House of Representatives
00:37to visit the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
00:42This was after the hearing on Wednesday
00:45when Lopez wrote to the Audit Commission
00:47to tell them not to follow the camera's orders
00:50that are being submitted by the audit report
00:53about the confidential funds of the OVB.
00:55She is in high spirits. Actually, I am making her laugh.
00:58We are thankful to Congressman Joel Chua
01:02because he is giving the requests of Usec Lopez.
01:09And I told him to visit the requests
01:14subject to their rules in the detention center.
01:19He agreed.
01:20Last night, VP Sara was in her brother's office
01:23with Congressman Paulo Duterte
01:25even though the House Sergeant-at-Arms
01:27was talking and the electricity was cut off.
01:30If they could possibly already leave the premises
01:33as there is always a practice during long weekends
01:37that we turn off power in all our buildings.
01:42Actually, I was visited by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
01:48Earlier, he had a meeting with me.
01:52We sat down and we talked.
01:55And then he said,
01:58No, I will not leave.
02:01He said, I need to do my job. You need to leave.
02:06I said, What are you going to do?
02:10Are you going to drag me out?
02:12He said, No, I will just escort you out.
02:15And then he said again,
02:16You need to leave. You need to leave.
02:18Again, I said,
02:20Sir, let's just do this.
02:23Your boss is a congressman.
02:27The owner of this office is a congressman.
02:31So sir, why not?
02:33I told him,
02:34Let's elevate the two of them.
02:39Let's not talk here.
02:42We have an impasse here.
02:47Let's let both of them be congressmen.
02:50Vice said,
02:51It is not a security problem
02:53because he has his own security.
02:55I said, Sir,
02:56Martin Romualdez is the only one who wants to kill me.
03:00And I don't think he will do that here inside the House of Representatives.
03:03He will do it outside.
03:06Earlier, Vice allowed Lopez to visit again.
03:09Our preparation is until after the new year.
03:13I asked them to buy me a tie
03:15because this is where I will wash.
03:18And this is where I will dry my clothes.
03:22He is inside.
03:23Usec Gizalayka Lopez is inside because of me.
03:28I am the target of the committee hearings.
03:31Congressman Joel Chua,
03:33the chairman of the committee,
03:34wrote a letter to Vice asking for Attorney Lopez to be with him
03:38in his detention until November 25.
03:40We did not allow this
03:42because he is not part of the prison.
03:49But he wrote again.
03:52He asked for permission to visit Attorney Gizalayka.
03:57And we allowed that.
04:00The committee did not approve the request of Congressman Duterte
04:03to transfer Lopez to his office.
04:06Lopez was given a few requests
04:09such as going to his therapy.
04:11As long as he is escorted by the House Surgeon-at-Arms.
04:15From 7am to 11am and 1pm to 5pm
04:20are the visiting hours for those detained in the cell.
04:23If there is a session, it can last until 7pm.
04:26But the detention of Vice should not be unlawful within the law.
04:31Should we say that our 2nd President
04:35followed the law?
04:38Our 2nd President is a lawyer.
04:42He is the 2nd highest official in our country.
04:46I think he knows what he should do
04:52and what to do about this.
04:54VP Sara was invited several times to the committee hearings
04:57up to the expense of the confidential funds of DEPEL and OVP
05:00but she did not attend.
05:02Lack of respect in the institution.
05:05We can see that
05:09if she wants something, she will do it.
05:16VP Sara said that she will not attend the hearings in the chamber.
05:21Why would I answer to a speaker implicated in a bribery case
05:26on record in a court case?
05:29Why would I answer to a member of the House of Representatives
05:37convicted of child abuse
05:40taking IP children to Davao City to be brought to Manila?
05:45Why would I answer to a member of the House of Representatives
05:50who owes my husband P9 million
05:55because of a case?
06:00So why would I answer to them?
06:02Why would I answer to a member of the House of Representatives
06:06whose father, who has a screen cap,
06:11is apologizing for what his son is doing?
06:14VP Sara was not invited but she said
06:17that she is a member of the committee
06:20apologizing to OVP and DEPEL funds.
06:23She also lied to the speaker of Valdez
06:26that she was the one who went to the hearing of the chamber
06:29in front of her constituents
06:31explaining about the expense of the funds.
06:35I do not gave him my trust and confidence as congressman.
06:40I did not vote for him as speaker of the House of Representatives.
06:46I know him as Martin Romualdez.
06:49I did not vote for him as congressman and speaker.
06:53He did not tell me what I should do.
07:00We are still trying to get the approval of the House Speaker
07:03for the statement of the vice president.
07:05For GMA Integrated News, I am Ian Cruz, your witness.
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