It is unlikely that the House of Representatives will return the confidential funds which it stripped late last month from the Office of the Vice President and the Department of Education, both led by Sara Duterte.
The funds will instead be used to augment the budgets of agencies mandated with protecting the country and promoting security, particularly those on the front lines of defending Manila’s sovereignty amid China’s escalating aggression in the West Philippine Sea.
This is after Duterte claimed that the funds for her agencies were meant to combat terrorism or organized crime, and implied that those who stood against confidential funds were considered “kalaban ng bayan [enemies of the state].”In response, Romualdez said “With respect to confidential funds, we are all for it. We are all for peace and security. We are in total agreement that the utilization of confidential funds is to promote peace and security.
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