'Hindi fake news': Gutierrez says 17-hour wait was real, dismisses OVP letter

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1-Rider Party-list Rep. Rodge Gutierrez has debunked Vice President Sara Duterte's claim that she didn’t make congressmen wait for 17 grueling hours during the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) scheduled plenary budget deliberations last Monday, Sept. 23.   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/25/gutierrez-says-17-hour-wait-was-real  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00I think if we take note, the contents of the letter is just a reiteration of the answer

00:07that they have interposed even for the pre-budget deliberations.

00:10So kumbaga po, inulit niya lang po that she is leaving it to the House to decide on the

00:15fate of her budget.

00:16However, it does not say that she will not participate with our processes.

00:20It does not say that she will not attend.

00:22It does not say that she will send an authorized representative.

00:24So I don't think the September 11 letter would be any indication of what transpired yesterday.

00:29So I don't think we could have been prepared po.

00:31But with that said, as mentioned earlier, the House, collectively, will be extending

00:36maximum leniency and we're hoping for the best po that at least the bare minimum would

00:40be complied with that we may proceed with the budget.

00:42Siguro in addition to that po, yung konsepto po natin sa pagboboto, dito po nangagaling

00:47yung concept of public trust.

00:49Kapag tayo po ang nagboboto, we as the public repose our trust and confidence that the elected

00:54official will uphold his or her constitutionally mandated duties.

01:00So when an official who is supposed to appear before the House and defend his or her budget

01:07fails to do so, to an extent, betrayal po of public trust yun.

01:11That is true.

01:12It is the betrayal of that duty, constitutional duty, for his or her part in the budget process.

01:18But to the point naman po, ma'am, na sinasabi na impeachment, I think that's, yun nga po,

01:24as sabi ni Cong J, wala naman po yun on the table in the House, hindi man pinag-uusapan

01:28and you have to consider the degree of the public trust that has been betrayed.

01:33But just to be purely technical, technically po, it is in a way betrayal of public trust.

01:39But whether it would amount to impeachment, masyadong malay naman po yun.

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