00:00Former President Rodrigo Duterte will not take the 10th hearing of the House Quad Committee tomorrow
00:07before he blames the wrong use of funds of Vice President Sara Duterte in front of the camera.
00:14And the congressmen are determined to explain the Vice President Duterte's camp on this issue.
00:20The details in the national news of Mela Lesmoras of PTV Manila.
00:25Some congressmen are already convinced that Vice President Sara Duterte had an affair
00:33based on the running of the hearings of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
00:39Yesterday, one of the committees' topics was the questionable computation and receipts
00:45in the liquidation of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President
00:49as well as the Department of Education when it was under the leadership of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:55One of the deputies admitted that she received a lot of money from the receipts of the Deputy Secretary
01:04which she claimed to be stolen by someone else.
01:07Sir, the first time I received it, I honestly asked Aseks Shine,
01:13Ma'am, is it part of the confidential funds?
01:16She said, no, it was just an allowance from the Vice President.
01:21If it can be proven that there is something wrong with this,
01:23congressmen said that the Vice President might face complaints.
01:28That's why it's better to explain it now.
01:33I would tend to agree with Congresswoman Luistro that this is indeed malversation of public funds,
01:38if proven, and if so, I would concede that it really amounts to betrayal of public trust.
01:46There's really a malversation of public funds,
01:50and thus, the Office of the Vice President has the account,
01:56has the moral responsibility and obligation to explain it,
02:02not only to the committee, but to the general public.
02:05Another congressman who was ridiculed yesterday by the seven officials of the OVP
02:12who are being called by the committee,
02:13and one of them, OVP Chief of Staff Eusex Zuleika Lopez,
02:18flew to America.
02:20The OVP explained that this is a personal trip,
02:23and that it's not true that she left due to some issues.
02:29But the lawmakers are in doubt.
02:32The timing is very suspicious.
02:35As a public officer and a public official working in the government,
02:38it is your duty to respond to an official invitation by your co-equal branches.
02:45Tomorrow, the House Squad Committee will continue their hearing
02:50where the father of the Vice President, former President Rodrigo Duterte, is waiting.
02:56But when his lawyer sent a letter to the Joint Panel,
03:00Duterte's camp has already announced that he will not be in charge of this,
03:04primarily because the former president is in doubt about the integrity and motive of the Quad Committee.
03:11In the middle of each hearing here in the House of Representatives,
03:14the lawmakers are insisting that they will continue their efforts
03:18on the priority bills of the administration.
03:20From PTV, Mel Alesmoras for Balitang Pambansa.
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