VICE President Sara Duterte was absent from the House appropriations panel’s resumption of deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget on Tuesday.
The OVP also did not send any representative to defend their proposed P2 billion budget for next year.
In a letter dated September 10, received by the House before 9 a.m., Duterte stated, “We defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the Committee regarding our budget proposal for the upcoming year.”
She added, “The OVP has submitted all necessary documentation to the House of Representatives – Committee on Appropriations, including a detailed presentation on the proposed budget for fiscal year 2025.”
This absence follows the deferment of the OVP’s proposed budget endorsement last week, stemming from the Vice President’s refusal to answer questions from lawmakers.
