A group of lawyers, constitutional experts, and economists filed a petition before the Supreme Court to declare the transfer of ₱125 million confidential funds to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2022 as unconstitutional.
In its 49-page petition submitted on Tuesday, the group also asked the high court to order the OVP to return the money to the Treasury.
Former vice presidential spokesman and lawyer Barry Gutierrez, 1987 Constitution framer Christian Monsod, former Commission on Elections Commissioner Augusto Lagman and former Department of Finance Undersecretary Cielo Magno were among the 11 petitioners. Vice President Sara Duterte spent ₱125 million in confidential funds in 2022 even if the OVP was not given an allocation for such funds under that year's General Appropriations Act,The OVP, through Davao de Oro 1st district Rep. Ma. Carmen Zamora, said during the 2024 budget debates at the House of Representatives that it used the ₱125 million confidential funds in
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