What is ‘shimenet’? Sara Duterte’s answers during OVP budget talks spark memes, discussions online

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What’s all the fuss about ‘shimenet’? The word has been all over Philippine social media, ever since an August 27 hearing on the budget of the Office of the Vice President.

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00:00What's all the fuss about Chimenet?
00:03The word has been all over Philippine social media ever since an August 27 hearing on the
00:07budget of the Office of the Vice President.
00:09VP Sara Duterte gave flippant answers on questions about her use of confidential funds
00:13and her proposed budget of over 2 billion pesos.
00:17Referring to lawmaker Arlene Brosas, Duterte said,
00:19Chimenet like my answer.
00:24Chimenet like how I answer.
00:27Chimenet like the content of my answer.
00:30But I am answering.
00:32Critics like national artist for literature Virgilio Almario used Chimenet in a satire
00:36of her intransigence.
00:38Journalist Danilo Arao and politician Erin Taniada say the focus should be on the budget,
00:43not the way Duterte pronounces words.
00:45But Carlos Conde of Human Rights Watch says poking fun at Chimenet is an expression of
00:49political dissent.

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