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00:00We will update on the security of the Congress after the transfer of OVP Chief of Staff Zulaica Lopez to the VMMC and other issues.
00:07We will talk to the House of Representatives Secretary-General Reginald Velasco. Good morning and welcome to Balitang Hali.
00:13Good morning to all of you.
00:17How is the security now in the House of Representatives?
00:22Well, it's okay. The Vice President is not here yet. We're waiting for her.
00:30We were advised that she will attend the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability.
00:41That's why the Congress is secure inside and outside with the help of the PNP.
00:51Is that your security blanket extended to the VMMC where Lopez is now in the custody of the House of Representatives?
01:01No, she is still confined in the Veterans Memorial Hospital up to now.
01:07So the House of Reps is not secure there. Others are watching her there.
01:13Both the PNP and the House of Representatives are watching her.
01:22We have no information on how long she will stay there.
01:28We have no information but the Chairman of the House of Representatives has received a letter that she will not be able to go to Erie.
01:37Because of the prognosis of the Veteran's Hospital that she is suffering from acute stress disorder.
01:52So if Lopez will not be able to go to Erie officially, you mentioned earlier that you have information that Vice President Sara Duterte will be coming to the House of Representatives.
02:03Do you have a schedule on when she will be expected to come?
02:06No, we don't have a schedule. We were advised that she will attend the meeting at the hearing of the Committee.
02:19Have you coordinated on when she will be expected to come to your office?
02:24Of course, I have prepared a schedule.
02:28This will not be the first time that she will be attending a hearing. She has been here many times.
02:41What is the protocol when she goes there? Of course, she has a PSG companion.
02:49She has a companion. She has a security contingent.
02:57She sits here and then she has to take an oath.
03:04All the resource persons here take an oath.
03:09But that was the issue during the first hearing that she did not take an oath.
03:16What will happen if she did not take an oath?
03:18That's a basic requirement in committee hearings.
03:23All the resource persons take an oath before speaking.
03:30In any case, do you have coordination with PSG on what action will be taken by the House of Representatives, the Quad Committee,
03:37on what action will be taken by Vice President Sara Duterte?
03:40Yes, we are ready.
03:43How will you tell the Quad Committee that she is a site in contempt
03:47and that she will be placed in the detention facility of the House of Representatives?
03:52There is no such site in contempt.
03:57But are you ready that a sitting Vice President will be placed in the detention facility of the House of Representatives?
04:05No, we will not do that.
04:08If you will not do that, but you are ready in any case.
04:12Okay. Thank you very much.
04:16Come again?
04:18Thank you very much.
04:20You mentioned that she has arrived. Is that right?
04:23Okay.
04:26Okay.
04:27Secretary General Reginald Velasco mentioned that she has arrived.
04:34That's why she said goodbye to us.
04:36Thank you very much, Secretary General Reginald Velasco.