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VP Sara: Comparing 2025 OVP budget with Robredo's time is absurd
Vice President Sara Duterte and the House Committee on Appropriations clashed over the OVP's proposed 2025 budget and confidential fund usage.
Duterte requested the committee chair's replacement and refused to defend the OVP's budget, stating that comparing her office's budget to that of her predecessor, Leni Robredo, is absurd.
The OVP under Duterte received a P2.037 billion allocation for 2025, while Robredo's OVP never exceeded P1 billion, with her highest allocation being P900 million in 2021 and P712 million in 2022.
The House committee's hearing was postponed to September 10, a significant deferment for a Vice President's budget.
House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro questioned Duterte's allocation of 433 personnel for the Vice Presidential Security and Protection Group (VPSPG), compared to Robredo's 78 security details in 2021.
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The House of Representatives' committee on appropriations deferred deliberations on the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) proposed P2.037 billion budget for 2025.
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Vice President Sara Duterte attended a House budget hearing alone, stating she had information about a pre-planned "script" to question her use of confidential funds.
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The Commission on Audit (COA) flagged P73.28 million of the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) P125 million confidential funds from 2022, issuing a Notice of Disallowance on Aug. 8, 2024.
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Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo found defending the Office of the Vice President's (OVP) budget, particularly its confidential funds, to be the most challenging task of her legislative career.
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President Ferdinand "Bongbong" R. Marcos Jr. stated that the budget deliberations for the Office of the Vice President (OVP) in 2025 are purely procedural and not politically motivated, refuting claims made by VP Sara Duterte.
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