House leaders take offense at Rodrigo Duterte's tirades on Sara’s loss of confidential funds

In a strongly worded statement, the House party leaders criticized Duterte for “(maligning) the very institution that… supported many of his own legislative priorities' in the years he served as president.

President Rodrigo Duterte witnesses the program proper before leading the wreath-laying ceremony at the Holocaust Memorial Park in Rishon Lezion, Israel on Sept. 5, 2018. Joining the president is presidential daughter Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio.

This comes after Duterte publicly accused House Speaker Martin Romualdez of sabotaging his daughter's request for confidential funds in the proposed 2024 budget, which the lower chamber decided to reallocate to agencies focused on defending the West Philippine Sea after several panel and plenary debates.

The joint statement added that the "pork barrel" system has already been deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and that the House lawmakers “are firmly committed to respecting and upholding this ruling.” After a week of deliberations. the House has removed all requested confidential funds from Sara's two agencies -- the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education -- as well as that of three other agencies.

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