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Vice President Sara Duterte appears at the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability's deliberation of her proposed 2025 budget for the Office of the Vice President on September 18, 2024. Vice President Sara Duterte appeared Wednesday at the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability initial deliberation on the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President to address several issues linked to her use of public funds.
“The refusal of Vice President Sara Duterte to answer questions on her proposed budget her questionable expenses in the previous OVP budgets, which the Commission on Audit flagged, are the reasons why we’re here today,” Valeriano said. The lawmaker was referring to the proposed budget for the OVP’s socioeconomic programs, which were supposedly intended for Metro Manila only and did not indicate any allocation for the provinces.
Duterte, however, did not take these statements lightly. She refused to take an oath before the deliberation started, arguing that she accepted the invitation as a “resource person” and not as a “witness.” Duterte denied insinuations that the OVP misused funds and said she attended the inquiry—in response to the invitation of the said House committee dated September 13—to show that they “have not done anything wrong.”
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