00:00Thank you very much.
00:32Thank you very much.
01:08Thank you very much.
01:31I think first quarter and second quarter that we want to be funded. If the budget is for 2027, it's
01:382026er.
01:39Ibat-ibang government agency rin daw nakikisa sa mga aktividad ng AFP noong 2023 at kabilang dyan ang DepEd na
01:47noy pinamumunuan ang vicepresidente.
01:49Saan po nanggaling yung funding para dun sa YLS at IEC activities nyo noong 2023?
01:57For the 2023 Youth Leadership Summit, sir, the funding for the whole activity itself came from various government agencies.
02:09For the Army participants, it was from the Army in the budget of the Army. For the students and out
02:17-of-school youth participants, it was funded from the provincial, city or municipal local government funds.
02:27For the other participants from other agencies or civilian stakeholders, it was from their own funding.
02:35Inusisa rin sa pagdinig kung gumamit ba ng confidential funds on DepEd nung lumahok sila sa mga aktividad ng AFP.
02:42Would you know if DepEd spent on that activity on their own people because you collaborated with DepEd on that
02:50activity? Would you know?
02:51Yes, sir. What I know is they arrived there. They were there during the Youth Leadership Summits.
02:58Did you spend intelligence or confidential funds for these activities on the part of the AFP?
03:05Or was this part of your regular programming, as you said earlier, chargeable against your regular budget?
03:10It's a part of the regular budget, sir.
03:13Bilang pagpapatunay ng pakikisa ng DepEd sa mga naturang aktividad, hininga ng dalawang opisyal ng AFP ng certification.
03:21In your case, sino po ang humingi ng certification?
03:25I was directed by our then commander of the 1st Infantry Tabak Division, Major General Viray, to draft the certification.
03:36He was called by USEC Undersecretary Mempin.
03:44Yung po ang certification ay in compliance with the order of my commander to issue certifications to DepEd in coordination
03:50with then USEC Nolasco Mempin, Your Honor.
03:53It is part of my job to issue certificates to our partners, especially on activities conducted by the division, Your
04:00Honor.
04:00Pero hindi umano nila alam na gagamitin ito ng DepEd sa liquidation ng kanilang confidential funds.
04:07Doon ko lang po, formally nalaman yung information na yun, Your Honor.
04:12Did you have any reaction, Colonel, upon hearing or knowing that?
04:18Medyo nagulat po kami kasi yung po ang aming certification is only for the certification that we conducted, the Youth
04:25Leadership Summit.
04:26Hindi po namin sinacertify anything about money or funds, Your Honor.
04:32Lumabas man sa liquidation ng DepEd ang certification ng dalawang opisyal.
04:36Iginit nila na wala raw silang nakuhang pondo mula sa kagawaran.
04:40Nakasaad sa liquidation report ng DepEd, nakabuang 15.54 milyon pesos ang ginastos nito mula sa confidential fund na ipinambayad
04:49umuna sa reward kapalit ng impormasyon.
04:51Gano po kalaki ang funding by way of confidential funds na ipinrovide ng DepEd para sa YLS at IEC activities
05:03nyo noong 2023?
05:06There was no funding released to the 1st Infantry Division from DepEd, sir.
05:15Sir, there were no funds from any government agency released to the 1st Infantry Tabak Division, sir.
05:24Ang Depensa, hindi niya nagsagawa ng cross-examination sa dalawang military personnel.
05:29Kaya naman sa pagsisimula ng interjection ng mga Sen. Judge Sinilip ni Sen. Judge Bam Aquino kung magkano nga ba
05:36ang pondo ng AFP para sa mga Youth Leadership Summit.
05:39Yung 8 na YLS na pinag-uusapan natin, magkano po yung total nun?
05:44For the Army, it's around P30,000 per activity.
05:48So, hindi ho lalampas ng P500,000 pesos yung ginastos mo po sa YLS?
05:53No, sir.
05:53Hindi ho kayo nagtaka na P15,000,000 yung ginastos para sa information for events that don't cost more than
06:00maybe P200,000, P150,000 to P200,000 per event?
06:05I did not know the amount or that there was any funds by the DepEd po, sir.
06:12Si Senate President Wingat Shalian inusisa ang certification ni Panopio.
06:16Dito sa inyong letter, itong galing sa DepEd, ito ba ay confidential information or surveillance information?
06:24I assume that it came from the teachers on the ground as members of the DepEd who provided us the
06:30information on how and where to conduct the wireless.
06:34Masasabi natin na somehow meron pong secret, meron pong confidential or meron din pong open source.
06:41Tanong naman ng ilang Senator Judge, kailangan bang gumamit ng DepEd ng confidential funds sa ganitong aktividad?
06:47Tumigil po ba sila yung mga teachers on the ground na mag-coordinate sa inyo nung nawala na yung confidential
06:55funds ng DepEd?
06:56I think on the ground, tuloy-tuloy naman po ang coordination ng teachers with the EAP, Your Honor.
07:00Ayon kinaboran sing at Panopio, kabilang ang DepEd sa pagplano at pagpili ng lugar sa mga Youth Leadership Summit na
07:07isinagawa noon
07:08para raw magrekomenda ng eskwelahan, lalo na at karamihan sa mga participant nito ay mga estudyante.
07:15Katakdang sumalang bilang testigo si Defense Attorney Michael Poa na dating Chief of Staff ng DepEd na lumalabas na nagpahingi
07:22ng certification mula sa AFP.
07:25Ito ang unang balita, Joseph Morong, GMA News.
