Solon on VP Duterte’s snub of NBI subpoena: Ailment is evasion

VICE PRESIDENT Sara Duterte lastly took an oath to inform the reality through the listening to of the Home of Representatives committee on good authorities and public accountability on Monday, November 25, 2024. Duterte attended the primary listening to of the panel final September 18, however she didn’t take an oath, earlier than skipping the following 5 conferences. Picture from Home of Representatives of the Philippines stay feed

MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Sara Duterte’s ailment is evasion as she once more skipped an vital invitation — this time, a subpoena from the Nationwide Bureau of Investigation (NBI). This was what Zambales 1st District Rep. Jefferson Khonghun believed what occurred.

It’s saddening that Duterte nonetheless failed to indicate up even after the Home of Representatives’ committee on good authorities and public accountability suspended its listening to set at this time, to present means for the NBI’s subpoena, mentioned Khonghun in a web-based interview on Friday.

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In keeping with Khonghun, this isn’t the primary time that Duterte evaded points hurled in opposition to her.

“‘Yon nga nakakalungkot dahil nag-cancel nga ng blue ribbon committee ‘yong kanyang listening to ngayong araw na ito para sana mabigyan ng oportunidad ang ating Bise Presidente para umattend ng subpoena ng NBI.  At nakakalungkot dahil hindi pumunta ang ating Bise Presidente,” Khonghun mentioned.

(That’s saddening as a result of the blue ribbon committee has canceled its listening to at this time to present our Vice President the chance to attend the subpoena issued by the NBI.  However the Vice President didn’t attend.)

“So nakikita natin na talagang merong sakit sa pang-iwas ang ating Bise Presidente dahil lahat ng mga concern ay kanyang iniiwasan tulad ng nangyari sa pang-iwas niya sa concern ng confidential fund ng Workplace of the Vice President, Division of Schooling, ito ay kanyang iniwasan din,” he added.

(So we will see that our Vice President has a illness — it’s evading all the problems hurled in opposition to her, like what occurred when discussing the problem of confidential funds underneath the Workplace of the Vice President, the Division of Schooling, she evaded these too.)

Criticized by lawmakers

Earlier than her failure to indicate up on the NBI, Duterte was additionally criticized by lawmakers for her failure to reply questions concerning the confidential funds (CFs) lodged inside the Workplace of the Vice President (OVP), through the deliberations of the workplace’s price range on the committee on appropriations.

Duterte and her OVP officers additionally refused to attend the following price range deliberations, and likewise refused to take an oath to inform the reality when the committee on good authorities began its probe on the CF utilization points hounding OVP and the Division of Schooling.

Khonghun mentioned he hopes the Vice President will simply handle the issued head-on — noting that strange residents adjust to these orders.

“Now she’s evading the subpoena from the NBI.  So I hope she simply faces this head on as a result of strange people who’re issued subpoenas haven’t any selection however to indicate up, particularly if it’s the NBI whom they’re dealing with,” he mentioned.

“We are able to see right here the query of whether or not solely highly effective and wealthy persons are not required to face these invites, particularly on an vital concern like threatening the lives of our President, the lifetime of our Speaker, and the lifetime of the First Woman?,” he requested.

The subpoena issued by NBI stems from the threats made by Duterte in opposition to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., First Woman Liza Araneta Marcos, and Home Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.

Duterte stirred controversy

Duterte stirred controversy final November 22 after it was revealed that after visiting Undersecretary Zuleika Lopez, her chief-of-staff who was detained on the Home premises, she locked herself contained in the workplace of her brother, Davao Metropolis 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte.

Because of the safety issues that got here with Duterte staying contained in the Batasang Pambansa, the Home committee determined to switch Lopez to the Correctional Institute for Ladies.

After this, Duterte held a press briefing early Saturday morning, the place she badmouthed the First couple and Romualdez.  The Vice President additionally claimed that she has already tasked somebody to assassinate the three in case she will get killed.

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In keeping with NBI Director Jaime Santiago, Duterte’s lawyer requested for a rescheduling as a result of an ongoing listening to of the Home committee on good authorities and public accountability.

The Home listening to was scheduled on Friday, however the committee introduced on Thursday that they’ve determined to postpone their assembly in order that Duterte can attend the NBI invitation.

Santiago mentioned Duterte’s lawyer claimed that they have been knowledgeable late by the Home panel.  The assembly was reset to December 11.

Completely different points encompass OVP and DepEd, which Duterte headed till July 2024.  Final Monday, it was revealed on the panel’s hearings that the particular disbursing officers of OVP and DepEd left the disbursement of CFs to safety officers — a transfer that 1-Rider party-list Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez believes will be tantamount to technical malversation.

Apart from this, the COA beforehand handed out a discover of disallowance on P73.2 million of the OVP’s P125-million CF for 2022.

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