Umalma si Department of Education Secretary, Vice President Sara Duterte nitong Biyernes sa alegasyon ni House Deputy Minority leader, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro na gumastos umano ang tanggapan nito ng ₱125 milyong confidential funds noong 2022 sa kabila ng kawalan ng pahintulot sa mga kongresista.
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"The seething disdain overwhelming France Castro these days is hardly concealed even by her capacity to string serious allegations against the Office of the Vice President over the 2022 Confidential Fund," pahayag ng bise presidente.
"But today, Ms. Castro doesn’t deserve an explanation because she did not come to class prepared - like a good teacher," ani Duterte.
Sa isang pahayag, tinukoy naman ni Castro ang Office of the Vice President (OVP) 2022 annual audit ng Commission on Audit (COA) kung saan nagkaroon umano ng additional allotment para sa confidential expenses sa second semester ng taon.
"The Vice President needs to explain how she could incur obligations amounting to ₱125 million in confidential expenses in the last six months of 2022 despite the fact that her office has no Congressional authorization to do so for that year," anang kongresista.
Iginiit pa ni Castro, dapat na maglabas ang OVP ng detalyadong public accounting kung paano nagastos ang pondo at idinagdag na posibleng maharap ang bise presidente sa pagkakasibak sa puwesto dahil umano sa "misuse of public funds."
Sinabi naman ni Duterte na handa siyang humarap sa imbestigasyon.
"All she did was wildly and masterfully arrange some accusations against me and the OVP, which will all be answered once the probe is done and during the budget hearing," dagdag pa ni Duterte.
PNA
