Sara Duterte refuses to take oath at House hearing
WATCH: During the House hearing that will deliberate on her alleged misuse of public funds, Vice President Sara Duterte refuses to take her oath. Her ally, former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, defends her.
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"[Her letter] is an insult to this institution... I do not care even if she is the Vice President"
WATCH: Rep. Benny Abante reacts to Vice President Sara Duterte's recent letter and "no show" at the resumption of House appropriations panel's deliberation for the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) on Tuesday.
In the letter dated September 10, Duterte said that the OVP will "defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the Committee regarding our budget proposal for the upcoming year."
The OVP did not send any representative to face lawmakers and defend their proposed P2 billion budget next year.
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'YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT, MADAM VICE PRESIDENT'
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No vice president in recent history has been granted the power to choose who presides over the questioning of their office's proposed budget in Congress mid-hearing.
But today, Vice President Sara Duterte attempted to be the first.