'Bakit mo ako kinu-crucify?' Sara Duterte spars with House members as budget hearing turns personal

Vice President Sara Duterte sparred with members of the House of Representatives Tuesday (August 27) during the appropriation committee's hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President (OVP).

Faced with questions from ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro about the 2022 confidential funds expenditure of the OVP, a defiant Duterte repeatedly said that the hearing should supposedly only cover the 2025 proposal of her office.

However, committee senior vice chair and Marikina 2nd District Rep. Stella Quimbo pointed out that in its invitation letter to Duterte, the topics enumerated include the past budget utilization of the OVP.

The heated exchange turned personal when, instead of answering Castro's inquiries about the confidential funds, Duterte brought up the lawmaker's child abuse case and questioned why she is still seated as a member of the panel.

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Key moments:
00:00 France Castro takes a jab at the OVP's confidential funds expenditure
03:50 Sara Duterte brings up France Castro's child abuse case
10:50 Sara Duterte requests for a different presiding officer; Stella Quimbo rejects the request
22:40 France Castro compares Sara Duterte's answers to a squid's defense mechanism
28:20 Sara Duterte tells Stella Quimbo: "Aabot talaga tayo ng bukas dito!"
29:00 Sara Duterte asks Stella Quimbo: "Bakit mo ako kinu-crucify?"

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