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House leaders: Too early to say if COA findings will lead to impeachment case vs VP Sara
Lawmakers clarified that the House committee on appropriations' subpoena of Commission on Audit (COA) findings on the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) confidential funds is not intended to pursue an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte.
The move aims to ensure that confidential funds are allocated and spent within the proper context and to establish safeguards against potential misuse.
House Deputy Majority Leader Janetter Garin stated that the intention is not impeachment but rather to prevent future instances of misuse of confidential funds.
1-Rider party-list Representative Rodge Gutierrez commented that discussing an impeachment complaint at this stage would be premature.
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