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CNF Editorial Article October 4. 2023

Hontiveros to Duterte Confidential Funds: Daig pa may

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Senator Hontiveros on VP Duterte’s use of P125 M in just 11 days

On September 26, Tuesday Senator Risa Hontiveros joined those asking Vice President Sara Duterte to
explain how did her office manage to use up its P125 million in confidential funds in just 11 days.

What kind of magic did they use to wipe out P125 million in just 11 days. It's like she had a secret credit
card charged to the national budget. That’s not your money!
That not just spending free. That’s an insult to the public. That’s shameless.

It was early on July that the commission on Audit report on the OVP was released, and up until now
there is no clear explanation foe Duterte how her office uses the P125 million in CF. what she told the
public was that the confidential funds were used for "safe, secure, and successful implementation of the
programs and projects and activities of the OVP.

Hontiveros stressed that CF can only be used for surveillance activities of civilian agencies. She compared
the OVP's spending spree using its CF, to how the Philippine Coast Guard manages its own meager CDF.

At a House hearing on the 2024 proposed budget, it was bared that the OVP, under Duterte's leadership,
spent the controversial P125 million in CF, which budget experts said "unconstitutionally" obtained, in
just 11 days

"Saan niyo dinala ang Pera? Naghihintay ng resibo ang buong Pilipinas," Hontiveros to Duterte.