00:00The four officials of the Office of the Vice President are still no-show when it comes to listening to the confidential funds.
00:06That's why one of the OVP's acquaintances is being contempted and detained.
00:13He went there even though he's not invited, but he was kicked out because he's a swindler.
00:17That's what Tina Panganiban-Ferez is talking about.
00:20We have in attendance from the office...
00:23Even though he was invited several times to listen to the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability,
00:29the four officials of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education still did not show up
00:35to answer questions about the spending of the confidential and intelligence funds of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:42According to their accounts, they have official travel.
00:46They were forced to leave on the day of our hearing.
00:52Now, it makes me think that there's actually a malicious intent behind all these reasons and travel orders given to them
01:04just so that they can again avoid attending today's hearing, Mr. Chair.
01:10We find their excuse as unacceptable.
01:14That's why Lemuel Ortonio, the OVP Bids and Awards Committee, is being contempted and detained.
01:21OVP Special Disbursing Officer Gina Acosta, former DepEd Special Disbursing Officer Edward Fajarda,
01:29and former DepEd Assistant Secretary Sunshine Chary Fajarda.
01:33We are also trying to silence them with a statement.
01:37The OVP Legal Affairs Division Chief, Atty. Emily Rose Torrentira, was present at the hearing.
01:43According to her, she was laughed at by the Office of the Vice President.
01:47But at the beginning of the hearing, she refused to give testimony.
01:51That's the rule, internal rules of this house and this committee.
01:57You cannot speak unless you take your oath.
01:59Or else, I will move to excuse you.
02:03I am here to represent the institution, Your Honor.
02:07I was trying to explain, Your Honor, that I am not an invited resource person.
02:12Because he was not invited and he also left without a letter of authority from the OVP,
02:17the committee ordered her to leave the hearing and to be escorted out of the room.
02:23Four OVP officials were invited to the hearing,
02:27but all of them were not directly involved in the confidential funds.
02:32The OVP Special Disbursing Officer, who was one of the people contempted by the committee, was the one who was informed.
02:39For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
02:47For GMA Integrated News, Tina Panganiban Perez, Nakatutok, 24 Hours.
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