It remains unclear, for instance, why the Office of the Vice President's satellite offices required confidential funds in 2022
MANILA, Philippines – After hurdling two budget panels in the House and the Senate, and after a long thank-you letter to her allies in the executive and the legislative, Vice President Sara Duterte has yet to explain basic questions over the transfer of P125 million for confidential funds from the Office of the President to her office in 2022.
In a chat group with communications officials of the Office of the Vice President , reporters have repeatedly requested additional details on the OVP’s 2022 spending, particularly explanations on the 2022 confidential funds of the Vice President. The OVP has yet to respond.. Media queries have yet to be answered as of this posting.
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, in a statement on September 5, justified the OP’s decision to release P221 million for financial assistance/subsidy and confidential funds to the OVP, citing Special Provision No. 1 under FY 2022 Contingent Fund. Bersamin offered no other details. Duterte, in her latest September 11 statement, thanked the Little President “for a detailed presentation of facts about the 2022 OVP CF and elucidating that the request, approval, and spending of the fund violated no law, which is diametrically adverse to what critics have been repeatedly harping.
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