00:00Some congressmen released money from their own pockets
00:05to help the country.
00:09But that money came from government aid programs.
00:14And House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave it to those who joined him.
00:19According to Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magallo,
00:22Maris Umali is guilty.
00:26The allegation of Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magallo
00:30is that House Speaker Martin Romualdez gave money
00:34to congressmen who joined him.
00:37The money came from different government aid programs
00:41as a controversial aid for the Kaposangkita Program.
00:46They saw it as reliable sources that were included in the Speaker's walk.
00:52That's about 21 million.
00:54If you have 4 sortities, 21 x 4, that's 84 million.
00:59How many of those are included?
01:02When other congressmen found out about it, they all joined.
01:06This money was released by congressmen who received it
01:10from their own pockets when they were already in need.
01:14How can they disburse this fund so easily?
01:18How can they let people know that this money came from us?
01:23And they ask, does this money belong to someone else?
01:27Does this money belong to someone else?
01:30It's sad to think about it.
01:32We tried to get a statement from Speaker Romualdez
01:35but he didn't give anything related to his job.
01:38According to the Department of Social Welfare and Development,
01:41it's impossible for congressmen to share this aid.
01:44It's not possible.
01:46We are the ones who are disbursing funds for AICs and ACAPs.
01:50This is done through our social workers,
01:53through all of our workers in the field,
01:55in satellite offices, and also here in the central office.
01:59As for the DOH and the DOLE, I believe it's the same.
02:03Because these funds are through the department.
02:07So the funds are with us and with the respective departments.
02:12But they admitted that they are alarmed
02:14if the name of the program is used for politics.
02:17So we insulate our programs, as we have mentioned time and again, from politics.
02:22So we don't listen to politicians.
02:26Congressman Joey Salceda doesn't know anything about what Magalong is saying.
02:31I don't know. I don't know because I haven't joined yet.
02:36I told you.
02:38I told you.
02:39I'm on my own.
02:40I'm there.
02:41But what I heard from the speaker,
02:44but not from me.
02:46The rice, we just got it from Christine.
02:49Typhoon Christine.
02:50The timing, the speaker is there.
02:53The House Appropriations Committee Chair and I,
02:56Bicol Partylist Representative Zaldy Koh,
02:58confirmed that ACAP is clean and has no corruption.
03:01In an interview, Koh stated that ACAP is not a pork barrel
03:05because the Department of Social Welfare and Development, or DSWD,
03:08is the one holding the funds and addressing the beneficiaries.
03:12For GMI Integrated News, Maryse Umali for Tutok, 24 Hours.
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