Punto de Vista: VP Sara vs. Sen. Risa Hontiveros
Punto de Vista: VP Sara vs. Sen. Risa Hontiveros
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00:00To continue our news, Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Rizon Tiveros talked about the budget hearing of the Senate.
00:09That's what Professor Antonio Contreras will discuss, in Punto de Vista, Professor.
00:20Thank you very much and good morning to everyone in the studio.
00:24One day, Vice President Sara Duterte and Senator Rizon Tiveros had a heated hearing in the Senate.
00:34This is because Senator Rizon Tiveros asked Vice President Duterte about the budget of P10 million that D'Umano will spend on distributing the books he wrote to students.
00:53According to Vice President Duterte, Senator Rizon Tiveros is politicizing D'Umano's budget hearing.
01:03What does politicize mean?
01:06You know, all of them are politicized.
01:16Senator Rizon Tiveros is a halal senator. Vice President Duterte is a halal official.
01:27In the government, all of them are politicized.
01:33Their positions are political positions of halal people.
01:39When we say politicize, we should make it clear that everything they do is political.
01:48The budget hearing is a political process.
01:52It is a part of what we call checks and balances.
01:56The budget is proposed by the government and the Vice President.
02:03It is analyzed and studied by the Senate and the House of Representatives.
02:13That is their job because our general appropriation in action is law.
02:19That should be approved by the Congress.
02:21The Senate and Senator Rizon Tiveros are members of the Senate.
02:26They are all members of the Congress.
02:29It is clear that Senator Rizon Tiveros is just doing his job as a political official.
02:38It is part of the political process for Congress to scrutinize the budget.
02:45When we say politicize, what does it mean?
02:49There is good politicization.
02:53Good politicization is when our politicians use their power to enforce their duties to the country.
03:08Personally, I have not seen anything wrong with a Senator asking about the budget.
03:15That is his job.
03:17That is his political function.
03:20There is also bad politicization.
03:25This is when you use your political position to promote your own interests and interests.
03:36That is wrong politicization.
03:40That is what we should question.
03:44That is because it is not in line with their duty to enforce the interests of the people.
03:55But when you use your power,
04:00when the budget of the country is taken from the pocket of the people,
04:10which is the hard-earned money of the people,
04:13and you use that to promote your own interests,
04:18that is wrong politicization.
04:24Because you are using your political power to promote your own interests.
04:32In this matter, you are the judge.
04:36Who is the one who politicizes in a good way,
04:41that he is doing his job to enforce the interests of the people?
04:48And who is the one who politicizes to promote their own interests,
04:56the interests of the party?
04:58That is what we should ask ourselves.
05:02And that is what we should ask Vice President Sara Luterte
05:09and Senator Riza Juntiveros.
05:14That is my point of view for today.
05:17Good morning to all of you and welcome back to the studio.
05:22Thank you very much.
05:24Thank you very much Professor Contreras.