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Political analyst Arjan Aguirre says that lawmakers might use the price range hearings to politically assault the Vice President and ‘search additional injury to her’
Prior to now two years, it was a stroll within the park for Vice President Sara Duterte to get her price range request permitted. Price range hearings, each within the Senate and the Home of Representatives, had constantly handed inside minutes.
She breezed via price range deliberations due to the parliamentary courtesy given by a Congress that has been dominated by Marcos-Duterte supporters. She acquired little to no scrutiny over her use of, and request for, hefty confidential funds — not less than on the committee stage — which was later stripped by lawmakers themselves.
However that was earlier than she resigned from the Marcos Cupboard which signaled her break from the administration. (WATCH: Goodbye, Uniteam: VP Sara Duterte resigns from the Marcos Cupboard)
Whereas she is not requesting for confidential funds, the proposed P2.037-billion price range of the Workplace of the Vice President (OVP) for 2025 is 8.05% greater than the present appropriation of P1.885 billion.
In a Fb put up on Saturday, August 17, the OVP mentioned that the rise within the proposed price range will likely be used to serve extra beneficiaries of its flagship applications.
“This proposal, as soon as permitted, will translate to a rise of 12.39% within the variety of goal beneficiaries for the OVP’s flagship applications,” OVP mentioned.
The next are the flagship applications of the OVP as acknowledged in its social media put up.
- Libreng Sakay
- Medical and burial help
- Catastrophe operations
- Magazine Negosyo Ta’ Day
- PagbaBAGo: 1,000,000 timber marketing campaign
- You might be VP
- RICE program
- PanSarap program
- Native and worldwide engagements
In 2023, it was Home Senior Deputy Speaker Sandro Marcos, the President’s son, who moved to terminate the price range deliberations for the OVP on the committee stage after a mere 5 minutes, citing parliamentary courtesy and “custom.”
Will this nonetheless be the case this yr?
Manila third District Consultant Joel Chua urged his colleagues to not give “free passes” to the Vice President, saying that her price range must be scrutinized down to each peso.
“No extra and by no means once more shall the VP not be held to the identical stage of scrutiny as different public officers throughout price range hearings,” he mentioned.
Inter-parliamentary courtesy is a time-honored custom between the 2 chambers of Congress that dictates non-meddling in one another’s affairs. The OVP falls beneath the manager department of presidency.
Price range deliberations throughout the time of former president Leni Robredo had been additionally terminated inside minutes as courtesy. Nonetheless, it’s essential to notice that Robredo’s price range, particularly her final yr in workplace (P702 million), was considerably decrease than Duterte’s price range of P2.3 billion in 2023.
Duterte is about to face the Senate for the OVP price range deliberations on the committee stage on Tuesday, August 20. In the meantime, she was speculated to defend her price range request earlier than the Home on August 15, however this was rescheduled to August 27.
Political analyst Arjan Aguirre mentioned that lawmakers might use the price range hearings to politically assault Duterte and “search additional injury to her.”
“They could use the hearings to publicly malign or chastise her or her workplace by ‘politicizing’ these spendings made the earlier yr or the proposed price range gadgets for the brand new fiscal yr. That is actually doable that’s the reason I’m additionally anticipating VP Sara and her workplace are ready to have interaction her rivals, within the Home particularly,” he mentioned.
The Vice President will face Home lawmakers after she criticized them for supposed inaction on urgent points within the nation. Value watching whether or not they may give courtesy to the veep, or give her a tricky time defending her price range request. – Rappler.com
