Defense rejects Kapunan's 'scam' remark on OVP confidential funds

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Defense rejects Kapunan's 'scam' remark on OVP confidential funds  The defense team of Vice President Sara Duterte on Aug. 4, 2026 pushes back against prosecution counsel Lorna Kapunan's description of the Office of the Vice President's confidential funds as a 'scam,' calling the remark a mischaracterization of the evidence presented before the Senate impeachment court. Defense spokesman Michael Wesley Poa said Kapunan's statement went beyond the testimony of former Commission on Audit Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office auditor Roderick Wamil, who was discussing an Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) involving the OVP's confidential funds. He maintained that whether the confidential funds amounted to a scam should be established through witness testimony and evidence, 'not by the lawyers.'  VIDEO BY JAMES DANIO  Check out our Streaming Channel: https://streaming.manilatimes.net/  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us: Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion  Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital  Check out our Podcasts: Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  #TheManilaTimes #TMTNews #Confidentialfunds #Philippines

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00:00Oh, I just don't think it was proper to do that, especially at this point na ang witness naman na

00:06pinag-uusapan natin ay nawalip pala po.

00:09To call it a scam is regular miscaracterization, and that's why I think the presiding officer also saw where I

00:17was coming from.

00:18But I say that with all respect to Attorney Capone. I also know what she was trying to do, and

00:23as a lawyer, ang bali naman yan.

00:25So, I say that with all due respect, and as I always say, at nilapitan ko rin naman siya after,

00:32I thank Attorney Capone for her patience rin naman.

00:37Because she's been in practice for 48 years, and syempre po, nang tayo bilang masbat ng abugato, ay dapat mong

00:44pagiging respect rin naman.

01:15Please listen to me.

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