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Private prosecutor Atty. Amando Ligutan presents Vice Presidential Staff Officer VI Gina Acosta as the first "hostile witness", on the case involving the alleged misuse of confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday, August 17.

Acosta had previously served as the Special Disbursing Officer (SDO) of the OVP from 2022 to 2023, as well as during Duterte's tenure as Davao City mayor from 2019 to 2022. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)

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00:00Mr. presiding officer, our senator judges, the prosecution presents the first hostile or hostile witness in this impeachment trial.
00:20The testimony of the first, we'll pronounce it as hostile, we're accustomed to hostile.
00:29The testimony of the first hostile witness in this impeachment trial is being presented to prove the following.
00:44Pusunod, layo ng prosecution na i-presenta o i-harap, si Gina Acosta bilang isang hostile witness.
00:55Ibig sabihin, hindi po siya testigo pabor sa prosecution.
01:01Pangalawa, si Ms. Acosta ay nanunungkulan ngayon bilang Vice Presidential Staff Officer 6 sa Office of the Vice President.
01:14Pangatlo, siya ay nagsilbing Special Disbursing Officer or SDO ng Office of the Vice President noong taong 2022 at saka
01:302023.
01:30Pangapat, siya rin ang nagsilbing SDO para sa Confidential Funds noon di Mayor Sara Duterte sa Davao City mula taong
01:452019 hanggang 2022.
01:50Panglima, siya ang nagsilbing Staff Member sa Davao City Administrator's Office sa pagitan ng mga taong 2016 at 2022 at
02:04ng Davao City Budget Office sa panunungkulan noon ni Mayor Sara Zimmerman Duterte.
02:12Pang-anim, sa last quarter o huling tatlong buwan ng 2022, ginastos ng OVP or Office of the Vice President
02:26ang halagang P125M na Confidential Funds sa loob lamang ng labing isang araw.
02:39Sa ilalim at pamamahala at pangangasiwa ng Vice President ng walang liquidation, nang hindi kumpleto o walang sapat na dokumento
02:58na nagpapatunay sa pagbabayad.
03:02Pang-pito, rather, pang-walo.
03:08Inatasan ng Vice President ang witness na i-incash ang kabuuhang halaga na P500M pesos o kalahating bilyon.
03:21Noong, ikadalawampu ng Desyembre 2022, ikaanim ng Prebrero, ikadalawampu't lima ng Abril, at ikalabing apat ng Hulyo 2023.
03:41I skip, number 7, sorry.
03:43Sa tatlong taon, sorry, sa tatlong three quarters ng 2023, ginastos ng OVP ang halagang P375M na Confidential Funds sa
03:58ilalim ng pamamahala at pangangasiwa ng Vice Presidente,
04:03ng walang liquidation, ng wastong liquidation rather, ng hindi kumpleto o walang sapat na mga dokumento na nagpapatunay sa pagbabayad.
04:17Let's go to number 9.
04:20Ang lahat ng confidential funds na inilaan sa OVP ay nawithdraw in cold cash na nagkakahalagang kalahating bilyong piso noong
04:37Desyembre 2022,
04:39February 6, April 25, at July 14, 2023.
04:46Pang-sampo, inutusan ni VP Sara na ibigay ang kabuuhang half a billion pesos, 500 billion pesos in cold cash,
04:58sa security officer ng OVP na si Colonel Lachica na hindi isang accountable officer, isang paglabag sa batas sa Joint
05:13Circular 2015-01.
05:16Pang-labing isa, ang ginagawang disbursements ng Confidential Funds sa ilalim ng Office of the Vice President,
05:25ang ginawang disbursements ay maraming bahid o namumutakti sa pagsuway at paglabag sa Joint Circular 2015-01.
05:39Pang-labing dalawa, bigo ang respondent, Vice President, na maliquidate ang kabuuhang halaga na half a billion pesos na pera
05:52ng bayan, 500 million pesos,
05:55alinsunod sa demand o kahingian ng Joint Circular 2015-01.
06:01Pang-labing tatlo, dahil dito, maituturing na ginastos ng Vice Presidente sa pansariling gamit at kapakinabangan
06:19ang half a billion pesos na pera ng bayan na Confidential Funds ng Office of the Vice President.
06:26Lastly, Your Honor, please, tutukuyin ng witness ang mga dokumentong may kaugnayan sa mga aligasyong nakasaan sa Articles of Impeachment.
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