00:00It took less than 20 minutes for the proposed 785.2 million peso budget of the Office of the
00:07Vice President for 2027 to pass the Senate Finance Subpanel Tuesday, October 20.
00:13Senate President Sherwin Gachalian asks OVP Chief of Staff Zulaika Lopez about Vice President
00:18Sara Duterte's absence at the budget hearing. Lopez says Duterte skipped the budget hearing
00:23to represent her father at the internment of Davao City's long-serving city planner.
00:27Gachalian notes last year, Duterte took time out of her busy schedule to lead her agency
00:32in defending their budget. He also hopes the Vice President will show up at her agency's
00:36budget deliberations at the Senate plenary. The OVP is proposing a 785.2 million peso budget for
00:43next year, including allocations for socioeconomic programs targeted to extend aid. This is 11%
00:49lower than the OVP's 2026 budget. Among the articles of impeachment against Duterte is misuse
00:55and misappropriation of her office's confidential funds from 2022 to 2023.
