(From left) Home Speaker Martin Romualdez, Vice President Sara Duterte and AKO BICOL Occasion-list Rep. Elizaldy Co (File images from RTVM/LIVE, Voltaire Domingo of Senate Social Media Unit, and Rep. Zaldy Co’s Fb web page)
MANILA, Philippines — Public officers who dedicated irregularities whereas on responsibility mustn’t blame others for his or her errors, in accordance with Home Speaker Martin Romualdez.
In a speech Romualdez delivered in the course of the opening of the 2025 Common Appropriations Invoice plenary deliberations on Monday, the Home chief additionally stated the chamber is not going to tolerate hypocrisy and those that “ignore their very own misuse of public funds.”
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“As legislators, we’re not solely guardians of the nationwide purse but additionally stewards of the folks’s belief,” the speaker emphasised.
“Each peso we allocate on this finances carries with it the sweat and sacrifice of hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, and it’s our responsibility to make sure that these sources are spent correctly, successfully, and with absolute accountability,” he informed lawmakers.
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“We can’t ignore the truth that there are those that search to undermine our work — critics who communicate of accountability whereas conveniently ignoring their very own misuse of public funds,” Romualdez famous.
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“To those people, I say: Allow us to be clear — this chamber is not going to tolerate hypocrisy nor will it stand idle within the face of such blatant disregard for public belief,” he warned.
“Hindi maaaring magturo ng daliri ang mga could sariling kasalanan sa harap ng kongreso. Lahat ay dadaan sa tamang proseso, at walang makakatakas sa pananagutan,” he informed authorities officers.
(Those that have their very own sins can’t level fingers in entrance of Congress. Everybody will undergo an accurate course of and nobody will escape accountability.)
Romualdez likewise pressured that the Home at all times stands by the ideas of “transparency and accountability, opposite to what some could declare.”
“We have now labored tirelessly to make sure that each authorities company’s expenditure is examined with cautious scrutiny and that each program funded by the folks’s cash is aligned with the nation’s priorities,” he stated.
He additional identified that the Home “favors nobody” and “doesn’t bend to stress or particular pursuits.”
Romualdez didn’t point out names however on September 10, Vice President Sara Duterte launched a video message alleging that the federal government finances is merely managed by Romualdez and appropriations committee chairperson Rep. Zaldy Co.
Duterte stated each lawmakers manipulate the finances for their very own profit.
On the identical day, Duterte didn’t present up on the listening to for the finances of her workplace and she or he despatched a proof letter as a substitute to Romualdez and Co.
No officers from her workplace likewise appeared in the course of the continuing.
Duterte additionally maintained that she responded to each query thrown at her concerning her workplace’s 2025 finances proposal, however that lawmakers merely didn’t like her replies.
Below its schedule, the Home is predicted to conduct the plenary debates for eight days from September 16 to 25.
It would deal with the finances of the Workplace of the Vice President on September 23.
The deliberations will begin with the sponsorship speech of Ako Bicol Occasion-list Rep. Elizaldy Co.
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The speech can be adopted by debates on normal ideas and the deliberations on the budgets of the Division of Finance, Division of Justice, and Nationwide Financial and Improvement Authority, together with their connected businesses, the judiciary, and different authorities items.
