For the reason of "parliamentary courtesy, Sandro Marcos moves to "terminate the budget of the office of the Vice President."
That is the first booboo I noticed in this video. Was Sandro ambivalent about the budget of the OVP? His move wants to terminate the budget ... but he looked like he is all for it too ... or it is just the way he worded his move?
When Sandro Marcos moved to terminate the budget ... Rep. Raoul Manuel of the Kabataan party-list was overheard saying "I object ... ". Does that mean the young congressman approved the budget ... or he was not listening to what Sandro said? He should have thanked him for doing that act of valor and praised him for distancing himself from Unity's team politics. Was he objecting to something he didn't understand? STRANGE. Watch the video and savor what transpired that fateful afternoon.
The whole proceeding was a comedy of errors. After that, Madam Chair joined the fray when she reiterated and echoed Sandro's move, "We have the motion duly seconded for the termination of the budget of OVP ..." Pheeew!
ACT Teachers partylist Rep France Castro also echoed "I object" sentiments, but she was groping for the right words to say ... uh and uh punctuated her arguments ... she stammered her way to reach her goal ... it appeared weak and insignificant before the eyes of ENTITLED congressmen. She was like a fly waiting for the fly swatter to land on her face. And indeed ... somebody turned off her microphone before she spilled more beans and added more salt to VP's wounds.
This could have been a good venue for the VP to clear herself of any suspicion with regard to her CIF. Her allies doing this only cast more doubt on the VP's handling of public funds.
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