The bicameral conference committee agrees not to reinstate the P1.3 billion slashed by the House of Representatives from the more than P2 billion request of the Sara Duterte-led Office of the Vice-President for 2025.
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00:00The Bicameral Conference Committee agrees not to reinstate the P1.3 billion slashed
00:06by the House of Representatives from the more than P2 billion request of the Sara Duterte-led
00:11Office of the Vice President for 2025.
00:13It only approved P733 million for the OVP, despite pledges by some Duterte-allied senators
00:20such as Bato De La Rosa and Bong Go to work on the restoration of the OVP's budget for
00:25next year.
00:27In September, the House only approved P733 million, an apparent punishment for Duterte's
00:32continuous nub of the Chamber's deliberations on her proposed budget.
00:36The P1.3 billion removed from Duterte's budget proposal will be realigned to social
00:41services projects of the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Department
00:45of Health instead.
00:46Duterte earlier said her office will make do with her slashed budget.
00:50During an inquiry into her use of confidential funds, it was discovered that her security
00:54personnel and not special dispersing officers managed the funds.