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00:00The four officials of the Office of the Vice President were cited in contempt because they did not participate in the hearing of the committee of the Camera.
00:08Vice President Sara Duterte said that her office prepared activities while she did not stop participating in the hearings of her people.
00:20We have first news, Tina Pangaliban Perez.
00:23Emily Rose Torrentira refuses to take her oath.
00:27Attorney Emily Rose Torrentira introduced herself in front of the House Committee on Good, Government, and Public Accountability.
00:35She is the Legal Affairs Division Chief of the Office of the Vice President.
00:39According to her, she was appointed by the OVP.
00:43But apparently, Torrentira refused.
00:47That's the rule, internal rules of this house and this committee.
00:53You cannot speak unless you take your oath.
00:55Or else, I will move to excuse you.
00:59I am here to represent the institution, Your Honor.
01:03I was trying to explain, Your Honor, that I am not an invited resource person.
01:07Because she was not invited and she did not have a letter of authority from the OVP,
01:13the committee ordered her to leave the hearing and escorted her out of the room.
01:19Four OVP officials were invited to the hearing.
01:23The case, all of them, had nothing to do with the confidential funds.
01:29The one who was informed was the Special Disbursing Officer of the OVP, Gina Acosta.
01:36But she is still a no-show.
01:38She is the attorney of Lemuel Ortonio of the OVP Bids and Awards Committee.
01:43She is also the former Deputy Special Disbursing Officer, Edward Fajarda,
01:48and the former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Sunshine Chary Fajarda.
01:52That's why the committee condemned and ordered them to leave.
01:56They were invited several times to answer questions
02:01about the spending of confidential and intelligence funds of Vice President Sara Duterte.
02:07They said that they have official travel on their behalf.
02:12They were both ordered to leave on the day of the hearing.
02:18Now, it makes me think that there is actually a malicious intent
02:25behind all these reasons and travel orders given to them
02:29just so that they can, again, avoid attending today's hearing, Mr. Chair.
02:36We find their excuse as unacceptable.
02:40We are still trying to convince them to leave.
02:44Vice President Sara Duterte is reluctant to answer about the sight and contempt of the people.
02:51According to the vice president, they are preparing for the activities for November 15.
02:57As for those who were not able to attend, there were those who were not able to attend
03:03because of the activities of the OVP anniversary.
03:10Duterte denied that he was stopping the people of the OVP from attending the hearing.
03:16As Deputy Speaker Suarez said,
03:18it's the same for me that there are travel orders from OVP officials
03:22that are being submitted on the day of the hearing.
03:24His accusation is that there is a malicious intent behind the travel order.
03:28That is not true. There is no malice in that.
03:30Vice President Duterte also answered on the issue of leaving on the day of the hearing
03:34that the Commission on Audit filed on the submitted acknowledgement receipts
03:39on the use of confidential funds in 2022 and 2023.
03:45The PECHA is wrong.
03:47There are gaps but no names.
03:49There are also those who cannot be read, who are the signatories.
03:53Purely a lie.
03:55Maybe the right venue for us to answer for the audit,
04:00not only for the confidential funds, but for all audits that are being conducted in our office,
04:05in the office of the vice president, is in the Commission on Audit.
04:09As we said from the start, we have been fully cooperating with all the AOMs.
04:16We have been answering all the questions.
04:19As for the operation of the satellite office of the OVP in Bacolod City,
04:23VP Sara said that it is possible until the end of the year.
04:29The reason is not detailed, but according to her,
04:33it depends on the adjustment that will be made to the fund of her assignment.
04:38The Chamber and the Senate reduced it for 2025.
04:42This is the first news. Tina Panganiban Perez for GMA Integrated News.