00:00Never again, that's the answer of Vice President Sara Duterte when she was asked if she would get back together with the Marcos.
00:07In her statement to the camera regarding the wrong use of the fund of her employment,
00:12she again mentioned the impeachment as a motive for why she is being investigated.
00:17Breaking news of Ian Cruz.
00:22Please stand up and raise your right hand.
00:24Vice President Sara Duterte was just seated while the resource persons from the Budget Department and the Commission on Audit
00:33for the hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
00:37The vice president was the first to be questioned.
00:40What's in your rules, only the witnesses are voting.
00:44You don't have rules for the resource persons.
00:47Ma'am, that's just a term, but you're also considered as a resource person.
00:58Yes sir, I am a resource person.
01:01You're also a witness and a resource person.
01:04The vice representative, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, defended the vice president.
01:08We cannot just trivialize.
01:11You're also a witness and a resource person.
01:16They are not the same.
01:17The Supreme Court says they are not the same.
01:20And somebody who appears to be the accused has a different tier of protection from a witness.
01:26The point of the Honorable Arroyo is well taken.
01:30But we will proceed to the outtaking.
01:33If the vice president refuses to take her oath, we will respect that.
01:41The hearing was conducted by the Honorable Team Manila Representative, Rolando Valeriano,
01:47who pointed out the wrong use of the OVP fund.
01:51But the vice president said they did not do anything wrong and the fund was not embezzled.
01:56If there are any audit findings, they are ready to answer it in court.
02:02What we are witnessing now is no ordinary legislative inquiry.
02:08This exercise is a well-funded and coordinated political attack.
02:14This much is evident from the very words of the privileged speech that prompted this inquiry.
02:24A speech that simply meant to say, do not vote for Sara on 2028.
02:31It is clear to me that this inquiry is not about misused funds, accountability, or governance.
02:39Instead, it is solely aimed at discrediting my name and my office to prevent future political contests.
02:49What you are trying to do is make a case for impeachment.
02:57I am not a candidate for the upcoming election.
03:02In the last hearing of the House Appropriations Panel,
03:05VP Sara emphasized the importance of spending confidential funds on the OVP in 2022.
03:12The Appropriations Committee also recommended that the OVP budget be increased by more than P1 billion for 2025.
03:20You have the complete freedom to do whatever you wish with the OVP budget.
03:28If you feel that all the documentary submissions are not enough,
03:33then by all means, do not give a budget.
03:36You may try to destroy me.
03:38You can skin me alive and throw my ashes to the wind.
03:44But let it be known, you will find me unbowed.
03:50She approached Chuang Bisih and returned to her seat.
03:53May I request to leave the inquiry?
03:57Ma'am, you may leave considering that you did not vote.
04:02We know that you are doing a lot of things.
04:05The Vice President is excused.
04:10If the Committee on Good Government calls her again,
04:13Bisih will not back down.
04:15If she will return to the hearing,
04:17it all depends on what the Committee will do.
04:21In the ambush interview, Bisih said that the bodies are preparing for impeachment against her.
04:29What they are doing is very obvious.
04:32They are practicing what they will do.
04:36I have no idea about impeachment.
04:38We are just doing our job.
04:41She was not dismissed.
04:42Vice President Duterte responded to the statement of Speaker Martin Romualdez.
04:47We cannot ignore the reality that there are those who seek to undermine our work.
04:54Critics.
04:55Critics who speak of accountability while conveniently ignoring their own misuse of public funds.
05:04To these individuals, I say, let us be clear.
05:09This chamber will not tolerate hypocrisy,
05:12nor will it stand idle in the face of such blatant disregard of public trust.
05:19I am sure of that because you are asking me about his speech.
05:24And I am saying,
05:28what they are doing inside is what he described in his speech.
05:37For now, they have not talked to President Bongbong Marcos yet.
05:42They have not talked to President Bongbong Marcos yet.
05:45They last talked to him when he served as Education Secretary.
05:50No. We did not talk to him.
05:53We are not friends.
05:56We just met because we became running mates.
06:00And asked if there is a chance for him to have a tandem with the Marcos.
06:05Oh, never again.
06:06Ian Cruz reporting for GMA Integrated News.
06:12For GMA Integrated News, I'm Ian Cruz.
06:42For GMA Integrated News, I'm Ian Cruz.
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