Home leaders react to Vice President Duterte’s latest assertion that lawmakers will spend and squander authorities cash to question her as a way to cowl up the shortcomings and lies of the Marcos administration
MANILA, Philippines – Home leaders on Thursday, November 28, slammed Vice President Sara Duterte’s latest remarks a couple of supposed looming impeachment case in opposition to her, urging her to give attention to addressing the allegations of fund misuse.
Assistant Majority Chief and Zambales 1st District Consultant Jay Khonghun referred to as it one other “diversionary tactic” by the Vice President to shift public consideration away from the funds points surrounding the Workplace of the Vice President (OVP) and the Division of Training, which she led as secretary.
“Ang pakiusap ko lang, sana mag-concentrate tayo doon sa kung ano ba talaga ‘yung tunay na usapin. Ang tunay na usapin dito is might nawawalang pera na pera ng ating gobyerno, hindi naging tama ‘yung paggastos, nagkaroon ng kapabayaan sa pag deal with ng confidential fund ng workplace, sa pag-iwas sa responsibilidad ng ating vice-presidente, Khonghun stated.
(My solely plea is that we give attention to what the true concern is. The actual concern right here is that authorities funds are lacking, the spending was not carried out correctly, there was negligence in dealing with the confidential funds of the Workplace, and our Vice President has been avoiding accountability.)
“Napakasimple lang naman ito. We would like transparency, we would like accountability, at kung sino might kasalanan, siya ang dapat managot,” he added. (That is actually easy. We would like transparency, we would like accountability, and whoever is at fault ought to be held accountable.)
Khonghun was reacting to Duterte’s latest assertion that the Home will spend and squander authorities cash to question her as a way to cowl up the shortcomings and lies of the Marcos administration. (READ: Sara Duterte: ‘If I get impeached, then that’s my finish’)
The Home committee on good authorities has been conducting hearings on Duterte’s alleged misuse of funds. Regardless of being pressed by critics, significantly within the Home, about her use of confidential funds, the Vice President has persistently prevented answering the questions. As an alternative of addressing the problem, she usually responds with private assaults. (READ: In confidential funds fiasco, Sara Duterte resorts to non-public assaults vs critics)
Manila 2nd District Consultant Joel Chua, committee chairman, as soon as once more denied any talks of impeachment in opposition to Duterte. “Sa totoo lang, ang impeachment ay hindi pa po napag-uusapan dahil nakapokus pa kami dito sa mga iba pong usapin,” Chua instructed reporters in Thursday’s press briefing.
(To be sincere, impeachment has not been mentioned but as a result of we’re nonetheless centered on different issues.)
Khonghun, nonetheless, said that they can not management the choice of different Home members in the event that they select to file an impeachment case.
“Pero kami kasi sa administration hindi pa namin pinag-uusapan patungkol sa impeachment dahil abalang-abalang kami lalung-lalo na dito sa aming mga gawain sa Kongreso talagang gusto natin malaman kung ano ang katotohanan, gusto natin malaman yung mga nangyari patungkol siyempre s confidential fund ng Workplace of the Vice President at saka sa confidential fund ng Division of Training,” he stated.
(However for us, within the administration, we haven’t mentioned impeachment as a result of we’re all very busy, particularly with our work right here in Congress. What we actually need is to get to the reality, to know what occurred, significantly relating to the confidential funds of the Workplace of the Vice President and the Division of Training.)
Home Speaker Martin Romualdez has additionally denied any talks of impeachment in opposition to the Vice President.
Whereas the Home panel was conducting its probe on Monday, November 25, a number of members of the Makabayan coalition held a protest outdoors the Batasang Pambansa calling for Duterte’s impeachment.
Chua additionally introduced that the Home panel determined to postpone the resumption of their probe, initially scheduled for Friday, November 29, to permit Duterte to give attention to her look earlier than the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI), additionally set for that day.
He stated that this could stop the Home committee from getting used as an excuse for Duterte’s failure to look earlier than NBI chief Jaime Magtaas on Friday morning. In a press briefing on Wednesday, November 27, Duterte talked about that she would request the NBI to reschedule her look so she might attend the probe along with her employees.
Based mostly on the NBI subpoena served to Duterte on Tuesday, November 26, she is required to “make clear the investigation into alleged grave threats and potential violations” of the Anti-Terrorism Act. This pertains to her statements made in opposition to Marcos, First Woman Liza Araneta-Marcos, and Romualdez throughout her on-line verbal rampage on Saturday, November 23. – Rappler.com
