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00:00But after listening to the camera, more than 100 receipts have a 2023 stamp but were used as justification for the spending of the 2022 confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President.
00:12A DepEd official who received and watched My Envelope also faced criticism for having money from Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:20Witness, Jonathan Andar.
00:22No one came to the 7 officials of the Office of the Vice President who were called to the hearing of the camera regarding the confidential funds of Vice President Sara Duterte.
00:35One of them is the Chief of Staff of the Vice President.
00:38He flew to Los Angeles last night in California, according to the committee secretary.
00:43The 7 officials will be called again and if they don't show up, they will be arrested.
00:48You are the 4th one who didn't show up.
00:51This is the 5th invitation.
00:53Don't force us to issue a contempt order against you.
00:59But the gate of the 7 OVP officials sent a position paper to the committee.
01:03The first stamp of the camera is not valid anymore.
01:06It was only yesterday that it was sent to them even though the stamp date is still October 17.
01:12The hearing was scheduled for October 28 but it was postponed because of the typhoon.
01:18The hearing was not held in aid of legislation.
01:24They have the right to refuse it based on the decision of the Supreme Court in the case of David Trillanes.
01:31The spokesperson of VP Sara is no longer connected to the Vice President.
01:35We decided mutually.
01:38I cannot fulfill the obligations of the contract as a spokesperson.
01:44I found it very difficult for me to go on media and be interviewed on the same matter
01:51because there is no objectivity because I'm also part of the hearing as a resource person.
01:57It is not clear who will speak for the Vice President.
02:01In the questions of the congressman, the OVP's confidential funds amount to more than half a billion pesos.
02:07In 2022 and 2023, the details of how it was spent are not yet revealed.
02:12Where is the 612.5 million pesos now?
02:16Who spent it?
02:18And for what purpose was it spent?
02:21It was also noticed that there are 158 receipts with the term 2023
02:26that were used as justification for the expenditure of the 2022 confidential funds.
02:31The OVP's answer to COA was that it was just a typo error.
02:34I don't think, Mr. Chair, this was a mistake that was committed in December 2022.
02:38This was a mistake that was committed after the fact, after the AOM and after the notice of suspension
02:43when they were rushing to comply with the COA.
02:48It happened 158 times.
02:50Which raises the question, are these acknowledgement receipts spurious?
02:54Are they bogus? Are they false?
02:56They said they have inadvertently contained clerical or typographical errors indicating 2023 instead of 2022.
03:06Considering the nature of confidential activities, which are usually conducted discreetly
03:11and completed within a short period of time,
03:14and in addition to the lack of attention to details of personnel
03:18attending to voluminous papers from several individuals,
03:22some daytime acknowledgement receipts submitted as proof of transactions may have been missed.
03:27A DepEd official was also confronted with receiving envelopes worth P25,000
03:34from VP Sara when she was a DepEd secretary.
03:37How many times?
03:38Nine times.
03:39The first time I received it, I asked Asics Shine,
03:43Ma'am, is it part of the confidential funds?
03:47She said no, it was just an allowance from the Vice President.
03:51Asics Shine is Sunshine Fajarda, who used to be an Asics in DepEd and is now in the OVP.
03:56The OVP officials are still trying to get a statement.
04:00There is no new statement about VP Sara, but she said before,
04:04there is no misuse of confidential funds.
04:07For GMA Integrated News, I am Jonathan Andal, your Saksi.
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