Quimbo calls out VP Duterte for attempting to replace her during budget hearing

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In a rather unusual occurrence, Vice President Sara Duterte "requested" from presiding officer Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo to implement several changes on how a budget hearing should be carried out.

This included asking for a different presiding officer and limiting her interpellators to solons with actual questions to ask.

READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/27/decorum-takes-backseat-as-vp-duterte-attends-house-budget-hearing
Transcript
00:00And I'm sure yes, you may have seen I request that the chairperson of the finance committee preside over this hearing
00:12Madam vice president
00:15with due respect
00:18you have
00:20You are not allowed to do that madam vice president
00:25You are not allowed to introduce an emotion
00:31You are a research person
00:34This morning madam president. I requested
00:40Your research person I requested
00:45Madam vice president, just please answer the question the issue on confidential funds
00:51False query within our discussion of your 2025 budget
01:05Please proceed and answer the question. It's a very simple question. Please explain
01:13The
01:14specific spending on those items that she and related
01:19amounting to a total of
01:21Honorable French
01:24Total of seventy three point two hundred eighty seven million. So
01:29Dahil my notice of disallowance a big Sabine madam chair illegally to
01:34In in that and not in accordance with our with a joint circular by the COA
01:40The BM and other related agencies
01:43So if I didn't allow so big Sabine in the gun, you know, I'm gonna meet me to a madam chair
01:51They don't my items
01:57You cannot allow a member of the house and just claim that it is illegal
02:11This allowance that is a procedure inside the commission on audit will be
02:19So I'm yeah
02:21Honorable friends. Okay. Thank you. Madam chair. So thank you for the explanation
02:28by president
02:29Okay next
02:32According to accomplishment report of OVP. It's spent 10 million for payment of reward
02:38So madam madam chair in 11 days
02:41At
02:43In fact, what is allowed the whole amount spent by OVP for payment of reward in the madam chair question up questionable at all
02:55Madam chair the
02:59Invitation letter that we receive from the House of Representatives
03:02Dear vice president detected the House Committee on appropriations
03:06Appropriations with a briefing seatings on the budget proposals of various departments agencies and corporations
03:13To the fiscal year 2025 national expenditure program as the basis of the fiscal year 2025 general appropriations bill
03:22It's a an
03:25So presentation go honey, no, I have a confidential funds
03:30We move to the next chair person on the list
03:35Is
03:37My chair, you know put I'm at the top boss. Yeah, and I said I because I you can you know, I am a man
03:42You wanna suck in me? Ah, but I like it. I know I'm Lucas Vito
03:46Baba, madam chair
03:49Is this an inquiry regarding you said?
03:54Yes, and yes, I remind also our first persons to please act in a respectful manner
04:02Essential for me because I'm a supporting you know, I'm a fire nun presiding officer in a meeting at all
04:10so yes, you
04:13Members of the House of Representatives lines like what you just said like to see
04:20Bucket more cool, you know crucify. We're saying a fact that
04:25That
04:27Somebody is convicted of child abuse sitting in the chair
04:36The seat and then I
04:39Cannot fire here the presiding chair. So bucket
04:43Yes
04:46The hillbomber damica, you just have a lot niggas. I could eat. Oh, we note all your comments ma'am
04:52And let us now proceed. Thank you
04:55Thank you, ma'am. Madam chair point of order
04:58Yes
05:01I just came in. I hear this
05:04We're not talking about the budget or accusing each other here. I'd like to find out from the resource speaker
05:10if this is the kind of
05:14Hearing that we're gonna have
05:17Sir I am NOT the presiding officer of this meeting. I know yes, sir
05:21But the thing is you're asking questions, but I'm chair there
05:27Does not have any right to ask questions
05:43Order please some order please. Yes, honorable Benny Abante may proceed. I'm just asking a question to our resource speaker
05:51You know, because he's she's asking a question and she's accusing some of the members of this committee
05:58I just would like to find out if we are the ones that have the right to ask questions
06:03And it's her right is to answer the questions of the committee
06:13No, sir, I'm gonna ask
06:16Chair to ask you to clarify. What are my accusations wait to be recognized ma'am
06:22I sent you a book. So again, I'd like to remind
06:26our resource persons that
06:29You are here. You're invited
06:31To answer to present and you've done that. Thank you very much. And at this point in time
06:38you're here to
06:41Respond to the questions of our members and we
06:46Request you to please respond in a directly

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