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Speaker Martin Romualdez on Friday said there was no quarrel between the House of Representatives and Vice President Sara Duterte, after lawmakers said they would redistribute confidential funds sought by the offices she leads to agencies that have a direct national security function.
In a speech this week, Duterte, who is also Education secretary, said anyone who opposed the P650 million in confidential funds requested by her two offices was an “enemy of the people.But lawmakers noted that the Philippine Coast Guard , which must guard the country’s waters against foreign intrusions, has an intelligence budget of only P10 million – or 65 times less than the confidential funds requested by the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education.
Duterte, however, drew support from Senator Ronald dela Rosa, who was chief of the national police under her father, former President Rodrigo Duterte. ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro, meanwhile, urged Duterte to give up her pursuit of confidential funds and focus instead on her mandate as Education secretary to improve the quality of education.
“It seems she cannot move without confidential funds.”The lawmaker said this kind of talk dismayed her. The OVP has been the subject of intense questioning at the House over its P125 million confidential fund in 2022, which was released to the agency in December 2022.The Commission on Audit noted that the OVP spent that amount in just 11 days.
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