Quimbo calls out VP Duterte for attempting to replace her during budget hearing

Manila Bulletin

In a rather unusual occurrence, Vice President Sara Duterte "requested" from presiding officer Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo to implement several changes on how a budget hearing should be carried out.   This included asking for a different presiding officer and limiting her interpellators to solons with actual questions to ask.   READ MORE: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/27/decorum-takes-backseat-as-vp-duterte-attends-house-budget-hearing

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00:00And I'm sure yes, you may have seen I request that the chairperson of the finance committee preside over this hearing

00:12Madam vice president

00:15with due respect

00:18you have

00:20You are not allowed to do that madam vice president

00:25You are not allowed to introduce an emotion

00:31You are a research person

00:34This morning madam president. I requested

00:40Your research person I requested

00:45Madam vice president, just please answer the question the issue on confidential funds

00:51False query within our discussion of your 2025 budget

01:05Please proceed and answer the question. It's a very simple question. Please explain

01:13The

01:14specific spending on those items that she and related

01:19amounting to a total of

01:21Honorable French

01:24Total of seventy three point two hundred eighty seven million. So

01:29Dahil my notice of disallowance a big Sabine madam chair illegally to

01:34In in that and not in accordance with our with a joint circular by the COA

01:40The BM and other related agencies

01:43So if I didn't allow so big Sabine in the gun, you know, I'm gonna meet me to a madam chair

01:51They don't my items

01:57You cannot allow a member of the house and just claim that it is illegal

02:11This allowance that is a procedure inside the commission on audit will be

02:19So I'm yeah

02:21Honorable friends. Okay. Thank you. Madam chair. So thank you for the explanation

02:28by president

02:29Okay next

02:32According to accomplishment report of OVP. It's spent 10 million for payment of reward

02:38So madam madam chair in 11 days

02:41At

02:43In fact, what is allowed the whole amount spent by OVP for payment of reward in the madam chair question up questionable at all

02:55Madam chair the

02:59Invitation letter that we receive from the House of Representatives

03:02Dear vice president detected the House Committee on appropriations

03:06Appropriations with a briefing seatings on the budget proposals of various departments agencies and corporations

03:13To the fiscal year 2025 national expenditure program as the basis of the fiscal year 2025 general appropriations bill

03:22It's a an

03:25So presentation go honey, no, I have a confidential funds

03:30We move to the next chair person on the list

03:35Is

03:37My chair, you know put I'm at the top boss. Yeah, and I said I because I you can you know, I am a man

03:42You wanna suck in me? Ah, but I like it. I know I'm Lucas Vito

03:46Baba, madam chair

03:49Is this an inquiry regarding you said?

03:54Yes, and yes, I remind also our first persons to please act in a respectful manner

04:02Essential for me because I'm a supporting you know, I'm a fire nun presiding officer in a meeting at all

04:10so yes, you

04:13Members of the House of Representatives lines like what you just said like to see

04:20Bucket more cool, you know crucify. We're saying a fact that

04:25That

04:27Somebody is convicted of child abuse sitting in the chair

04:36The seat and then I

04:39Cannot fire here the presiding chair. So bucket

04:43Yes

04:46The hillbomber damica, you just have a lot niggas. I could eat. Oh, we note all your comments ma'am

04:52And let us now proceed. Thank you

04:55Thank you, ma'am. Madam chair point of order

04:58Yes

05:01I just came in. I hear this

05:04We're not talking about the budget or accusing each other here. I'd like to find out from the resource speaker

05:10if this is the kind of

05:14Hearing that we're gonna have

05:17Sir I am NOT the presiding officer of this meeting. I know yes, sir

05:21But the thing is you're asking questions, but I'm chair there

05:27Does not have any right to ask questions

05:43Order please some order please. Yes, honorable Benny Abante may proceed. I'm just asking a question to our resource speaker

05:51You know, because he's she's asking a question and she's accusing some of the members of this committee

05:58I just would like to find out if we are the ones that have the right to ask questions

06:03And it's her right is to answer the questions of the committee

06:13No, sir, I'm gonna ask

06:16Chair to ask you to clarify. What are my accusations wait to be recognized ma'am

06:22I sent you a book. So again, I'd like to remind

06:26our resource persons that

06:29You are here. You're invited

06:31To answer to present and you've done that. Thank you very much. And at this point in time

06:38you're here to

06:41Respond to the questions of our members and we

06:46Request you to please respond in a directly

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