Former Department of Education undersecretary Gloria Mercado claims former DepEd secretary Sara Duterte gave cash on a regular basis when she became head of the procuring entity of the department.
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00:00Former Department of Education Undersecretary Gloria Mercado claims former DepEd Secretary
00:06Sara Duterte gave cash on a regular basis when she became the head of the procuring
00:11entity of the department.
00:13Mercado tells the House Good Government Committee she was asked to resign because of her unwillingness
00:17to skirt procurement guidelines.
00:19Between February 2023 to September 2023, I received a total of nine envelopes labeled
00:28HOPE.
00:29Mercado says she donated the money to a non-government organization, which gave her a receipt as
00:34proof of the donation.
00:36Asked whether the envelopes were a means to influence her decision, Mercado answers, could
00:40be.
00:41Duterte denies the allegation.
00:43Gloria Mercado is a disgruntled former employee of the Department of Education.
00:50The Vice President also accuses Mercado of soliciting donations totaling 16 million pesos
00:55using her name without her consent.