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00:00The arraignment of former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III to the case he is facing regarding the purchase of supplies during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic did not continue.
00:10We have on the spot again Joseph Morong. Joseph.
00:14Yes Connie, former Health Secretary Francisco Duque III was first to trash the graph that was given to him by Ombudsman regarding the purchase of medical supplies such as face masks and cadaver bags
00:28during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
00:32Connie, Duque arrived at Sandigan Bayan First Division for his arraignment or purchase of the 1.65 billion pesos graph case that was given to him and the former DBM procurement service,
00:48DBM-PSDBM Undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lau.
00:52But the arraignment did not continue because Duque requested a motion to quash his camp on Friday of the past week.
01:01He is facing Duque and Lau in the case of graph because Duque allowed the transfer of the PSDBM's total P41.46 billion in funds to purchase medical supplies,
01:15cadaver bags, face masks and other supplies during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
01:22According to the case of Ombudsman, it was delayed and it should have been done by the DOH.
01:28There was no memorandum of agreement and not all funds were liquidated. Aside from this, the PSDBM received a P1.68 billion service fee.
01:40But according to our investigation, Secretary Duque was allowed by the law to receive the service fee of the PSDBM, which was paid to personnel and logistics.
01:50The remaining money was returned to the country. The prosecution was given up to 10 days to comment on Duque's motion.
02:00The arraignment was closed on November 11.
02:04Lau was not present earlier because the Sandigan Bayan did not receive a copy of his payment.
02:11Lau was arrested in Davao on September 18 and his arraignment was closed on October 14, Connie.
02:18Thank you very much, Joseph Morong.