House majority issues graft warning in most scathing attack yet on Sara Duterte
Leaders of the House of Representatives warn Vice President Sara Duterte she may be violating the Constitution, and may be criminally liable for graft.
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00:00Leaders of the House of Representatives warned Vice President Sara Duterte Tuesday, September 10,
00:05she may be violating the Constitution and possibly be criminally liable for graft.
00:09House Majority Leader Manix Dalipe flags Duterte's repeated refusal
00:13to explain how Php 125 million in confidential funds in 2022 were spent.
00:18Php 73 million of the fund was disallowed by the Commission on Audit for alleged irregularities.
00:23Manila Representative Bienvenido Abante also suggests Duterte may have committed
00:28an unconstitutional act for letting her entire agency snub the hearing.
00:32The Vice President says she is aware of talks to defund her office.
00:36We are ready, I am ready, in the office of the Vice President to work even if there is no budget.
00:43Our office is just small.
00:45The House again defers the budget deliberations for the OVP after Duterte accused
00:50Speaker Martin Romualdez and Appropriations Committee Chairperson Zaldy Co
00:54of controlling the national budget.
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