Metro Manila, Philippines – House lawmakers will again recommend cutting the proposed P902.8-million 2026 budget of the office of Vice President Sara Duterte in response to her absence in the plenary debates.
During the last day of plenary budget debates on Thursday, Oct. 2, Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget sponsor Palawan Rep. Jose Alvarez shared a Sept. 30 letter from Duterte.
She said she will attend the plenary debates on the following conditions: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will attend the plenary deliberations of his office’s proposed budget and the immigration lookout bulletin order against some OVP personnel will be lifted.
The committee did not respond to the letter.
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UPDATE: Vice President Sara Duterte wrote a letter, dated Sept. 30, to the House appropriations committee, saying she will attend the House plenary debates on her office’s proposed P902.8-million 2026 budget with the following conditions: President Bongbong Marcos will attend the… pic.twitter.com/Y7KQeU7oWx
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