00:00Vice President Sara Duterte is expected to file an impeachment complaint against her.
00:05Meanwhile, some congressmen say that there is a possibility that this will be discussed in the current Congress.
00:10Mera Lesmora is in the center of the news.
00:15Some congressmen believe that Vice President Sara Duterte and other officials of the Office of the Vice President and Department of Education
00:27were the ones who led the investigation.
00:30That is if the irregularities mentioned in the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability
00:38regarding the misuse of funds of the so-called offices can be proven.
00:43In the hearing of the committee yesterday, congressmen laid the possible crimes that happened in OVP and DepEd.
00:51These are plunder, falsification, technical malversation, bribery, and perjury.
00:57Let me remind the public of what is at stake here.
01:02It would constitute graft and corruption if public funds are misused or misappropriated,
01:08or worse, if funds are diverted to personal use or benefit.
01:13If you are asked where the funds went and you cannot answer, the law presumes that you stole them.
01:21As of now, two impeachment complaints have been filed in the House of Representatives against the Vice President.
01:27The issues raised in the hearings have been resolved.
01:30But some congressmen doubt that this will be discussed this year,
01:34especially since they are studying the contents of the complaints.
01:39Well, let's see. I personally do not want to preempt. I haven't read the complaint.
01:44Right from the very beginning, I am consistent that if there is a ground, there really is.
01:53But my concern is the timing.
01:58In an interview, the Vice President said that impeachment complaints are welcome to him
02:04and it is also better for him because he is the only one who is involved here and his accomplices are not included.
02:10Melales Moras for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.
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