00:00The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability first approved the hearing on the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President.
00:08In front of the National Bureau of Investigation, VP Sarah Ngayong Araw and Mela Alice Moras of PTV in Balitang Pambansang.
00:18The hearing of the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability was canceled this Friday, November 29,
00:25on the issue of the misuse of P612.5 million confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education
00:34when it was led by Vice President Sarah Duterte.
00:38According to Committee Chair Joel Chua, they want to give way to the presence of the Vice President in the NBI.
00:44There is a separate hearing on the alleged involvement of the Vice President in the life of President Ferdinand R. Marquez Jr.,
00:52First Lady Liza Araneta Marcos, and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
00:56The committee's decision was favored by Deputy Majority Leader Paulo Ortega and Assistant Majority Leader Jefferson Congjun.
01:04We believe that this issue in the NBI is very important and it concerns national security.
01:14That is why we decided to postpone the committee hearing.
01:22Don't get the committee wrong. These are both equally important proceedings.
01:30But it is also very important that the questions and investigation of the NBI be answered.
01:40Because this is not a joke. These are grave threats.
01:44For now, the committee will discuss when their next hearing will be and what will be the contents of the contempt and arrest order
01:53that they assigned to OVP Chief of Staff Zulaika Lopez, which will end on Saturday.
01:58Meanwhile, the issue of the involvement of the impeachment complaint against the Vice President in the NBI has been raised.
02:05But in a text message that spread, the President stopped the meeting.
02:09The members of the House of Representatives did not have this information and they reiterated that it is not impeachment,
02:15but work that they are focusing on.
02:18I don't know about that. I have not received any communication from the House leadership.
02:26If we are talking about impeachment, all people have the right to file an impeachment.
02:33We, in the administration, have not yet talked about impeachment.
02:41Because we are very anxious, especially here in our activities in Congress.
02:50As of now, according to the statements of Vice President Duterte,
02:53he will continue to fight for the rights of the House and the administration.
02:58But the members of the House of Representatives...
03:00All of this started when our Vice President dreamed of becoming president early.
03:07If there was no early dream, if there was no early ambition to become president, everything would be quiet.
03:15From PTV Manila, Mel Lazmoras for Panbansa News.
