00:00In the discussion of the plenary of the 6.352 trillion peso national budget for 2025,
00:09House Speaker Maltin Nogualdez commented on the misuse of funds and hypocrisy.
00:19We cannot ignore the reality that there are those who seek to undermine our work.
00:26Critics who speak of accountability while conveniently ignoring their own misuse of public funds.
00:36To these individuals I say, let us be clear.
00:41This chamber will not tolerate hypocrisy nor will it stand idle in the face of such blatant disregard of public trust.
00:51Romualdez did not mention his name, but it can be seen from the budget hearing at the committee level,
00:57some congressmen answered Vice President Sara Duterte of the misuse of confidential funds of the OVP in 2022.
01:06On September 10, Vice President Sara Duterte and other members of the OVP did not attend the meeting.
01:12On the same day, the video was released in which Vice President Romualdez and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Elizalde Co
01:19held and controlled the budget of the government.
01:25They called it a fraud because she's not the only one who approves the budget.
01:31The House Appropriations Committee recommended to reduce the OVP's 2025 budget by more than Php1 billion.
01:40GMI Integrated News is trying to get hold of VP Duterte.
01:50Hey!
01:54Hey!
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