'Bratinella to the max': Makabayan solons castigate VP Sara for no-showing budget hearing

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Makabayan solons ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas couldn't hide their displeasure on Tuesday, Sept. 10 after Vice President Sara Duterte no-showed the resumption of the budget hearing of the Office of the Vice President (OVP).   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/9/10/bratinella-to-the-max-makabayan-solons-castigate-vp-sara-for-no-showing-budget-hearing  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Madam Chair, so it means that no one came from the Office of the Vice President

00:08to answer the questions of our colleagues, Madam Chair.

00:13That is correct.

00:14Madam Chair, yesterday we were not asked in the Office of the President.

00:21And now, the Office of the Vice President is not here to ask questions, Madam Chair.

00:28So Madam Chair, I don't understand why the two highest positions in the land are like this

00:34in our budget hearings in the Congress.

00:37Madam Chair, this is an insult to the Filipino people and to the bodies here in the Congress

00:43that were raped by the citizens.

00:45We want to explain accountability and we want to clarify,

00:53because we still have a lot of questions related to this.

00:57She may not like our questions last hearing, Madam Chair.

01:02She may not like being questioned about the OVP expenses.

01:06She may not like sitting with us here in the House.

01:10But Madam Chair, she is accountable to the people and she has this sworn duty to the Constitution,

01:17being the head of the agency, to be here.

01:20To defend or to know her budget, Madam Chair.

01:26So that is all, Madam Chair, as a manifestation.

01:28Thank you, Madam Chair.

01:29Thank you, Madam Chair.

01:31So what this means is that even though we gave the Office of the Vice President a second round,

01:40a second time around to explain the budget,

01:44and we had a chance for her to be questioned,

01:48because this is really our mandate here in the Congress, to defend the budget.

01:53So what this means is that she is boycotting us.

01:57She is boycotting us, Madam Chair, because I still do not remember an agency,

02:03a government or executive branch that boycotted the Congress here in the budget hearing and deliberation.

02:12So what this means, Madam Chair, is a betrayal of her oath of office.

02:20Yesterday, I saw her video where she was praising the power of the purse of the Congress.

02:28She knows that we are the ones allocating or budgeting or approving the budget of all agencies.

02:36So because she is boycotting us, she will not only defend,

02:41because Madam Chair, the budget for socioeconomic program delivery,

02:46socioeconomic projects and stakeholder,

02:49does this mean that she is abandoning the plans of her constituents that she will be giving these programs?

02:58So Madam Chair, the problem here is really a bratinella to the max.

03:07She does not want to be questioned.

03:10She avoids questions.

03:12And if we want to ask, she does not attend.

03:21So Madam Chair, maybe later on,

03:27later on, Madam Chair, will be my recommendation in the OVP budget.

03:37So I apologize to the people.

03:39We were boycotted by the Vice President.

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