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House lawmakers say VP Sara Duterte used a script during budget hearings

Lawmakers from the House of Representatives refuted Vice President Sara Duterte's claims that budget hearings are scripted, suggesting instead that she is the one using a script.

Representatives Paolo Ortega V and Jude Acidre stated that they observed the Vice President repeatedly reading prepared answers during the hearings, implying she was the one with a script.

Ortega specifically noted this during the Aug. 27 budget hearing for the Office of the Vice President (OVP).

He added that Duterte used this scripted response when questioned about her office's use of P125 million in confidential funds, which was spent in just 11 days in December 2022.

A total of P73.287 million from these funds was later disallowed by the Commission on Audit (COA).

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