00:00On September 10, the Office of the Vice President presented the budget to the Camera.
00:06At the hearing earlier, Vice President Sara Duterte and several congressmen attended.
00:11Witness, Tina Panginiban Perez.
00:17Vice President Sara Duterte refused to answer any questions about confidential funds.
00:23At the hearing, the Office of the Vice President asked for more than 2 billion pesos budget.
00:30She was greeted by ACT-Teachers party list representative in a position.
00:53...to repeat the first three lines of the comments.
00:59Well, a point of order, Madam Chair.
01:01A point of order, Madam Chair.
01:03So let's please proceed with the answer, Madam Chair.
01:06A point of order, Madam Chair.
01:07...because it's like she's the one presiding.
01:09She needs to be explained.
01:10So it can't be like that, the tactics like that, that's like, you know, like, sorry for the mosquito.
01:19That when the mosquito bites, it puts on a black tint.
01:23Why are you crucifying me for saying facts?
01:28That somebody is convicted of child abuse sitting in the chair.
01:36And the chair?
01:39Mosquito?
01:40A congressman motioned to remove from the records of the camera
01:44the correctness of Castro's visa regarding child abuse, which was removed by many congressmen.
01:50There was also a motion to remove from the records the correctness of the visa regarding the mosquito
01:56and Castro's statement that it was illegal to use confidential funds, but it was defeated by a vote.
02:04According to the Commission on Audit, more than P73 million out of P125 million of confidential funds of the OVP in 2022 were disallowed
02:15due to the lack of documents submitted.
02:18Almost P70 million was paid to the government as bribe or purchase of various goods and medicines.
02:25I hope that it was illegal or not answered, Madam Chair.
02:29Thank you, Madam Chair.
02:31She may not like my answer.
02:35She may not like how I answer.
02:37She may not like the content of my answer.
02:41But I am answering.
02:44A colleague of the vice president is defending.
02:47We have already taken action by removing the confidential funds of the vice president in the 2024 budget.
02:56So I submit again, Madam Chair, that this is not...
03:00I mean if we're talking about oversight, yes, there is oversight of any house committee,
03:05but not during the budget hearing of a specific year's budget.
03:11The presiding chairperson explained that it's important to discuss the confidential funds of 2022
03:17because it will have an effect on their decision on the budget of the OVP for the next year.
03:24Item number three is comparative budget allocation and utilization rate from fiscal year 2019 to 2023.
03:34That's item number three.
03:36So I can provide you copies of the letter.
03:40So clearly, confidential funds spent in 2022 falls squarely within that.
03:49VP Sara also requested that Kimbo be replaced as the presiding chairperson.
03:54Please act in a respectful manner.
03:56I'm sorry, the firing of the presiding officer of this hearing is not in your power.
04:04I cannot fire the presiding chair.
04:07So why?
04:08Yes, we...
04:10Why are you so one-sided?
04:11No, ma'am.
04:12Is it because there are many of you on the other side and I'm the only one here?
04:16The question was called a vicious attack.
04:19We saw the timelines and we saw the script in the narrative of the attack on the Office of the Vice President with regard to confidential funds.
04:32Absolutely no plan, any conspiracy, if I may use that word, to attack.
04:41If I also may use that word.
04:42We're just here to dilute the budget.
04:46She accused the House of Representatives to impeach her for not listening to some congressmen that she doesn't want to be named.
04:55I will not violate the confidence of a few members of the House of Representatives
05:01who have either recorded conversations or participated in shared conversations regarding impeachment proceedings against me.
05:12For GMA Integrated News, Dina Panganiban Perez is your witness.
05:31For GMA News, I'm Dina Panganiban.
