Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros says Vice President Sara Duterte need not respect her but urges Duterte to account for confidential funds.
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00:00 "I don't need your respect, T.P. Sara.
00:05 What I'm asking of you and the people of the country is accountability.
00:11 So, just account for what you're asking for confidential funds."
00:17 Senate Deputy Minority Leader Issa Ontiveros says this in response to Vice President Sara Duterte's latest tirade against her.
00:24 The opposition senator says if Duterte cannot respect her fellow government officials, she should respect how public funds are supposed to be spent.
00:32 Ontiveros was reacting to Duterte's statement to media on Tuesday, September 12, that she doesn't respect Ontiveros and ACT Teacher's Representative, Franz Castro.
00:41 Duterte has been making headlines recently over her use of confidential funds.
00:45 A Commission on Audit report found the OVP under Duterte spent 125 million pesos in confidential funds in 2022, despite not having a line item for it in the 2022 General Appropriations Act.
00:57 Act.
00:58 [Music]
00:58 (bell chimes)