Sen. Marcoleta asks for public apology from Ombudsman Remulla

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00:00The budget for the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice narrowly secured Senate approval

00:05after facing tough questioning, particularly regarding the Ombudsman's bend the law remark

00:10and the DOJ's soaring confidential funds.

00:14Luisa Erisbe is here again to get us into the details.

00:18Doesn't the public need to be clarified very clearly on this matter, Mr. President?

00:25Our people might be confused by that statement.

00:31That's why I am asking whether he can make a clarification or he can make public apology for saying that.

00:38Senator Rodante Marcoleta asked for a public apology from Ombudsman Jesus Christine Remulia

00:44during the budget deliberations in the Senate this morning.

00:47According to him, Remulia should address the public's concern when he agreed to the question

00:52that it is possible to bend the law.

00:55Senator Sherwin Gagchalian, as a budget sponsor, spoke on behalf of Remulia.

01:00This is an opportunity for the current Ombudsman to clarify his statements.

01:06And this is actually the clarification that he is expressing to this August body,

01:12that he will abide by the rule of law and he will not bend the law.

01:17However, Marcoleta was not contented.

01:20Can I respectfully move that maybe we can suspend our rules?

01:26I want to hear personally the Ombudsman to say it for himself.

01:31The session had to be suspended for a while to discuss the matter.

01:35But in the end, they agreed to abide by the rules of the plenary.

01:38Very rarely given way to such a motion to suspend the rules, especially during budget plenary deliberations,

01:50with all due respect to Senator Marcoleta.

01:54So I apologize that it may not be possible also this morning.

01:58Regardless of the issues Marcoleta raised, including the restitution and the timeline the Ombudsman gave

02:04in terms of the release of warrants of arrest,

02:07the budget was still deemed submitted for the bicameral conference.

02:11The proposed budget for the Department of Justice was also deliberated today.

02:14The issue raised was the alleged 800% increase in the confidential funds for the Office of the Secretary in its 2025 budget.

02:24Hindi ko po masyadong nasasakyan, Mr. President,

02:29kung bakit noong 2025 tumas po ng 800%

02:33ang confidential funds ng Office of the Secretary of Justice.

02:38According to Marcoleta, way back 2020, the budget was only 193 million pesos.

02:44But in 2025, it ballooned to 1.5 billion pesos.

02:49Senator Gatchalian explained.

02:51Noong 2025, ang kanilang confidential funds is 34 million.

02:59Ang nagdagdag po ay Kongreso.

03:01Hindi po sila ang nagdagdag.

03:03So at that time, noong 2025, I assume na yung mga legislators nakita na

03:12marami silang hinahawakan na kaso.

03:15Ang konteksto naman ho doon,

03:17that time, iniimbestigahan po yung missing Sabongero,

03:20yung po yung pinaka high-profile case at that time.

03:23May mga case build-up na even before.

03:26Kaya ho, nag-request ho sila ng ganun amounts.

03:29Pero at this time, hindi na ho ganun kalakay yung kanilang in-request.

03:34For the 2026 proposed budget, the confidential fund of the Office of the Secretary is 729 million.

03:40Marcoleta proposed to reduce it in half to 364 million,

03:45and asked if the other half can be allocated to the Office for Alternative Dispute Resolution.

03:51But the funds are believed to be for the Witness Protection Program,

03:54so they will have to study whether the budget should be slashed down or not.

03:58Still, the budget of the DOJ was passed by the plenary.

04:02Luisa Erispe from the National TV Network for a new and better Philippines.

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