00:00Well, with due respect to my brother in faith and a sitting senator, I think those national heroes whose aliases
00:13were referenced would be probably rolling in their graves after their nom de guerre.
00:22I think these are nom de guerre, were mentioned in the same context as the allegation of misuse of confidential
00:31funds.
00:32To be mentioned with the same breath as Ms. Mirigris Piatos, Mr. Pagong, Ms. Pusa, Ms. Bilat, that's what the
00:47name reflected in the AR.
00:49Kaya nga sinasabi natin, Ms. Bilat, is already a way, a travesty to the memories and to the legacy which
00:59these national heroes have imparted to benefit the Philippinean nation.
01:03To be put them on the equal footing as Miko Harina, as Andy Lim, as Ms. Ngit-ngit, is already
01:16again an insult to the sacrifices they have made for this country.
01:20And their death, the sacrifices they have made, kasi malapit na pong National Heroes Day, the sacrifices they have made
01:31is actually diametrically opposite to the very practice of which these confidential funds were handled.
01:43So hindi po dapat yun ang analogy ang gamitin natin.
01:49And let us be specific about this. This is about auditing problem. This is about whether or not aliases are
01:58necessary in order to maintain confidentiality of a operation that requires safety and security of whoever is involved, not a
02:10test of anybody's patriotism.
02:12So dapat po makontextualize po natin yan.
02:16So dapat po makontextualize po natin yan. Una, ang problema po dito as explicitly explained by Deputy Speaker Janet Garin,
02:23ang usapin po dito ay audit problem.
02:27May problema po ang OVP sa sinubmit nilang mga liquidation. At sinabi po nila, assuming, inasume nga po ito na
02:36Ms. Gina Acosta kasi wala nga po talaga siya doon sa ground.
02:39Kung totoo ba na si Ms. Ngit-ngit ay nakakuha ng 200 million worth of confidential funds, hindi niya masabi.
02:47Ang assumption niya is confidentiality. That's why si Senator Judge Ping Laxon stood up because knowing him, yung background po
02:59niya, nasa investigation po siya,
03:00alam po niya kung paano a confidential or intelligence activity are being conducted.
03:07And after the success of this activity, meron pong disclassification period where yung security access nitong mga aliases are actually
03:19debundled and disclassified for auditing purposes.
03:23Kaya nga po tatanungin natin, if ever granting na tama yung sinabi ni Ms. Gina Acosta ng mga aliases ito,
03:30dapat may pangalan na tunay.
03:33Kasi for the purpose of auditing, hindi ibig sabihin na confidential ito, again, again and again, ay dapat habang buhay
03:44na natin hindi ietatanong.
03:47At hindi just ibig sabihin na confidential in nature na ito, ay mawawalan ng kapangyarihan ang Commission on Audit para
03:59kunin sa babusisiin ang pinaggastusan ng pera ng taong bayan.
04:05That's the mandate of the COA.
04:08No amount of confidential activity can ever weaken the constitutional mandate of the Commission on Audit in finding out what
04:18happened to the money of the people,
04:20especially if this money is being spent or should be handled strictly under a very strict joint circular.
04:28So, klaro po yun.
04:29This is not an issue of patriotism.
04:32This is an issue of audit problem, which now the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education,
04:39when the Vice President sat as the Secretary of this Department, are facing trouble in terms of auditing with COA.
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