00:00 Some congressmen agreed to the quick approval of the House Appropriations Committee
00:04 for the more than 2 billion pesos budget of the Office of the Vice President in 2024.
00:10 Senior Deputy Majority Leader Sandro Marcos immediately motioned to close the discussion on the OVP budget.
00:17 It is a tradition to approve the OVP budget as a parliamentary courtesy.
00:22 21 are in favor of the motion while 3 Makabayan Bloc members are against it.
00:28 The committee called for a Makabayan Bloc censorship.
00:32 Among the Makabayan Bloc's questions, 500 million pesos confidential fund of the OVP is requested.
00:39 Also, the 125 million pesos confidential fund spent by the OVP
00:44 within 11 days, even though it is not included in the 2022 General Appropriations Act.
00:50 In a statement, Vice President Sara Duterte stated that
00:54 there was no irregular or unauthorized use of the confidential fund.
00:59 The liquidation and accomplishment reports were submitted to the agencies.
01:03 Duterte urged the Makabayan Bloc to stop the OVP censorship on the 2022 confidential funds
01:10 if there is no evidence that it will prove wrongly its use.
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