00:00Because it seems that he is no longer interested in the work of his office,
00:05some lawmakers can ask for the resignation of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:11In the middle of the continuous failure of the Vice President to hold the camera in the budget of the OVP,
00:18Maki Pulido spoke.
00:22Good morning, honorable house leaders.
00:24You're asking her to resign?
00:27If she is no longer interested in her duties and functions as the Vice President,
00:32we can ask the Vice President to step down.
00:36From the cameras, the call for Sara to resign came out.
00:40Followed by the non-confrontation of Vice President Sara Duterte
00:43in the deliberation of the plenary in the budget of the Office of the Vice President.
00:47Yesterday, the OVP budget should be included in the plenary,
00:50but the Vice President did not move,
00:52saying that she is now asking the lawmakers to approve the budget of the OVP.
00:58According to congressmen, this is the first time that the head of agency
01:03or authorized representative has not participated in the budget deliberation.
01:06It is not enough for the Vice President to send a letter to the OVP
01:09because there needs to be an answer to the questions of congressmen about the budget.
01:14Even though the OVP sent a letter,
01:16they were not authorized to speak for the Vice President.
01:19For 17 hours or until 3 o'clock in the early morning,
01:23lawmakers were waiting to confront the Vice President.
01:27If so, it shows that she is not interested with her duties and functions
01:33as the Vice President of the Philippines.
01:36Because we can see that she is not participating in the hearings here in Congress.
01:43So what does this mean?
01:46According to the old-timer, House Deputy Speaker David Suarez,
01:49That's clearly a clear sentiment being shared by a lot of members.
01:53This is the money of the people, not the money of an individual.
01:58These are funds, these are public funds that have to be properly explained,
02:03have to be properly determined how they were used
02:08and how they are planned to be utilized for the succeeding year.
02:12For congressmen, this is not a betrayal of public trust.
02:17But this is not enough evidence for impeachment.
02:20When an official who is supposed to appear before the House
02:25and defend his or her budget fails to do so,
02:28to an extent, it is a betrayal of public trust.
02:31And you have to consider the degree of the public trust that has been betrayed.
02:35But just to be purely technical, technically it is in a way a betrayal of public trust.
02:41But whether it would amount to impeachment, that is too far.
02:46Vice President Duterte and the OVP are still trying to get a statement.
02:50It is the last day of the session of Congress tomorrow.
02:53If they will not be summoned, the members of the House will discuss their next steps.
02:58If there are things like this that the government will impose,
03:02well definitely, we will not be affected.
03:05Because it is our constitutional mandate to pass the budget on time.
03:12For GMA Integrated News, Mackie Pulido reporting for 24 Hours.
03:18The Office of the Vice President clarified
03:21that they did not wait for the congressmen for 17 hours.
03:26They even called this fake news.
03:29On September 16, they already knew that Rep. Zia Adjong
03:35has already ordered the deliberation on the requested budget.
03:40It is stated in the letter of the OVP to the lawmakers.
03:44In the statement of the OVP,
03:46there was no argument regarding the statement of some lawmakers
03:50that it seems that the Vice President is no longer interested in work
03:54and in their possible request for his resignation.
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