Pinatutsadahan ni Vice President at Education Secretary Sara Duterte si Senador Risa Hontiveros hinggil sa confidential funds ng Office of the Vice President (OVP).
“Senator Risa Hontiveros, while she amuses the nation with her flair for drama, could only wish the 2022 OVP CF was accessed illegally,” saad ng bise presidente sa isang pahayag nitong Lunes, Setyembre 11.
VP Sara, tahasang iginiit na hindi niya binoto si Romuadlez
Bukod kay Hontiveros, pinuna rin ni Duterte si ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro at Makabayan bloc hinggil sa umano’y kasinungalinan ng mga ito sa Kongreso sa OVP confidential funds noong 2022.
Kaugnay nito, nagpasalamat ang bise presidente kay Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo sa tulong nitong sugpuin ang umano’y kasinungalingan hinggil sa confidential funds.
“Thank you to Rep. Stella Quimbo of the Second District of Marikina for bravely and rationally facing a gang of individuals who had successfully mastered the art of fabricating lies,” ani Duterte.
“These efforts are genuinely appreciated because they help counter the lies told by Rep. France Castro and the Makabayan bloc in Congress on the 2022 OVP CF,” dagdag pa niya.
Sa dulo ng pahayag ni Duterte, binanggit niyang wala pa ring inilalabas na patunay ang mga kritiko niya tungkol sa “dirty imagination” ng mga ito.
“It’s a shame they still cannot produce any proof to support their dirty imagination,” anang bise presidente. “The indignity they have caused Congress and the Senate should be enough for us not to give them serious attention.”
Samantala, pinasalamatan ni Duterte ang mga sumusuporta at dumidipensa sa confidential funds ng OVP— kagaya nina Pangulong Bongbong Marcos, Jr., Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, at DND Secretary Gilbert Teodoro.
“I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr and to several officials of the Marcos administration who stood by the Office of the Vice President as it faced the storm of attacks on the 2022 Confidential Fund,” anang bise presidente.
“But I believe the lies they peddled to the public will eventually lose their charm and the OVP and DepEd will persist, be vindicated, and realize their aspirations for the Filipinos and the country.”
