The Vice President had said that she would join her staff if the House panel decides to detain them. Will she stay true to her word?
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At the start of the probe, Lopez even thanked the House good governance committee for the lawmakers’ supposed “grant of understanding” regarding her absence at the previous hearings, although her appearance was prompted by a subpoena. However, Lopez’s appearance before the House panel did little to clarify the issues and controversies surrounding the Vice President’s alleged misuse of funds. Lawmakers were baffled by Lopez’s apparent lack of knowledge about the operations of the OVP, despite being its highest-ranking official.
Lopez’s evasive answers on how the funds were used angered lawmakers, who argued that it was impossible for her not to know anything when she was the chief of staff. Deputy Speaker Jay-Jay Suarez of Quezon’s second district didn’t buy Lopez’s claim of having no knowledge about how the funds were used, pointing out that it was she herself who had written the Commission on Audit to block the release of the confidential funds report to lawmakers.
“I want them to give me a heads-up on pressing concerns, current projects, and issues so we can address them immediately,” Lopez was quoted as saying in a The source who requested anonymity also shared that in 2016, Lopez had been enjoying her work at the PDIC until she received a call from Senator Bong Go, who was then a close aide of former president Duterte. Go supposedly asked Lopez to return to Davao and help Sara in running the city. This request was particularly surprising because, initially, the Duterte patriarch had not been fond of Lopez.
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