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00:00Davao del Norte representative Pantaleon Alvarez visited the ombudsman to file a complaint against Speaker Martin Romualdez and other congressmen
00:10because he questioned the increase of P241 billion in allocation in the 2025 national budget.
00:18We have first news from Jonathan Andal.
00:21The ombudsman filed a complaint against Speaker Martin Romualdez and other congressmen
00:36because he questioned the increase of P241 billion in allocation in the 2025 national budget
00:46using the blanks in the bicameral conference committee report.
00:50According to Speaker Romualdez, the complaint was also named by the house majority leader Manix Dalipe,
00:57former house appropriations committee chairman Zaldico,
01:00and the acting chairman of the committee, Marikina representative Stella Kimbo.
01:05Those who filed the complaint were Davao del Norte representative Pantaleon Alvarez,
01:09senatorial candidate attorney Jimmy Bondoc,
01:12citizens' crime watch president Diego Magpantay,
01:15and lawyers Ferdinand Topacio and Virgilio Garcia.
01:19They asked the ombudsman to file 12 counts of graft and falsification of legal documents.
01:25The respondents said,
01:27When we looked at the blanks, the total amount was P241 billion.
01:35That's a huge amount.
01:37You cannot say that it was a typographical error that was done by the technical working group.
01:42We are still waiting for the reaction of Speaker Romualdez, Ko, and Kimbo.
01:46Dalipe said that passing the national budget is a responsibility of the congress
01:51and any other measure to expose is a violation of the truth and an attack on the legislative process.
01:58As a congressman, Alvarez had a chance to question the so-called weakening of the 2025 General Appropriations Bill.
02:09But he didn't do it.
02:11He showed that Alvarez is just a politician to destroy the credibility of the Leader of the House of Representatives.
02:18Another ally of Romualdez,
02:22This is just a clear diversion from the issues.
02:25If you think about it, they have been discussing the budget for a long time.
02:28Why did they decide to file cases after the impeachment was transmitted to the Senate?
02:36Alvarez denied that Vice President Sara Duterte was involved in the impeachment.
02:41They even filed a complaint.
02:43Who diverted?
02:44Who was the first?
02:46The press conference of former President Duterte and Congressman Ungab.
02:53That's where they published the BICAM report.
02:59Here is the first news.
03:00Jonathan Andal for GMA Integrated News.
03:16.