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00:00The Senate has approved the more than Php2 billion budget of the Office of the Vice President for 2025.
00:08In the midst of the hearing, Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Risa Ontiveros answered.
00:15First news, Marisol Abdurrahmane.
00:18I'm glad.
00:21In the more than Php2 billion 2025 proposed budget of the Office of the Vice President,
00:26Senator Risa Ontiveros asked Vice President Sara Duterte
00:31if the OVP will consider putting the funds for the OVP's projects in line agencies.
00:37There are also other agencies like medical, financial, and education assistance.
00:42To be in sync with the priorities of the Executive Department
00:46instead of having a separate but similar program.
00:51Vice President Duterte said in her experience,
00:53when it comes to other agencies, their budget is being politicized.
00:57If we are being referred or endorsed by the DSWD,
01:07most of the time the answer we get is no,
01:10because it came from the Office of the Vice President and that's their enemy.
01:14Sometimes, it's true that assistance is being politicized for our countrymen.
01:23But both were enraged when Ms. Ontiveros asked about the contents of the children's book
01:28written by the Vice President and that it will cost Php10 million to distribute to young students.
01:34Madam Chair, this is an example of politicizing the budget hearing through the questions of a senator.
01:44The problem is that my name is on the book,
01:48and we will distribute that book to the children.
01:52And those children have parents who will vote.
01:56And my name is spread wherever the book will be distributed.
02:03Madam Chair, I don't understand the point of our resource person.
02:08It is a simple question.
02:10Again, this is politicizing.
02:14The VP mentioned the word vote.
02:17I didn't say vote.
02:19Usually, our resource persons give the same institutional courtesy
02:25to the legislature that we give to the executive.
02:29I don't appreciate this kind of attitude.
02:31I also don't understand Senator Riza's anger at Ms. Ontiveros.
02:35I do not appreciate, what did she say?
02:39I do not appreciate this kind of behavior and attitude.
02:49Madam Chair, in 2016, Senator Riza Ontiveros ran as a senator.
02:55How many times did he lose?
02:57Two, Madam Chair.
02:58Okay, two.
02:59He was afraid of his third loss, so he went to Davao to ask for help.
03:07When he won, what did he do?
03:09He was the first to attack President Rodrigo Duterte.
03:13What do you call this kind of behavior?
03:17This is where the Finance Committee Chairperson, Senator Grace Faux,
03:20asked the VP about his security.
03:23What is the status? How many securities were removed?
03:26It was a targeted list. It was a political move.
03:29It was political harassment.
03:31In the last session of the committee, the OVP asked for a budget of P2.037 billion.
03:37But before the hearing ended, the Vice-President insisted.
03:40We would like to thank all the honorable members of the Senate
03:45for doing your work here in the Senate of the Philippines.
03:50Except...
03:51Just kidding, ma'am.
03:53Good afternoon.
03:54She's really a VP.
03:56Consistent, Madam Chair.
03:57After the hearing, the Vice-President went to talk to the media
04:02particularly about the impeachment complaint against him.
04:06They talked about it.
04:08Even if they denied it, the members of the House of Representatives talked about it.
04:13It's openly discussed, the impeachment.
04:18What do they want to do?
04:20They want to drive the Duterte family into politics.
04:27Not just politics, but also personal.
04:29They included my husband.
04:31He's a private individual.
04:33But they included him in their harassment.
04:36She's not afraid of being impeached.
04:38She has no plan to run for Vice-President
04:41unless Senator Aimee and President Bongbong Marcos ask her for help.
04:47They said, we won't win
04:49if you don't help us in Mindanao and Visayas.
04:56If they ask me to leave
04:58or if they impeach me,
05:00it's none of my business.
05:03When asked if she's regretting helping President Marcos...
05:11Do I regret helping...
05:15Do you want to answer the question?
05:17Or do you know the answer?
05:19This is the first news.
05:21Marisol Abdurrahman for GMA Integrated News.
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