Vice President Sara Duterte stated Monday that her workplace was not releasing cash for the salaries of the Vice President Security and Protection Group (VPSG) personnel.
In an interview with reporters on the sidelines of the Senate Finance Committee deliberation on the proposed P2.385 billion Vice President’s Office 2024 funds, Duterte was requested if her workplace was not releasing cash for not less than 433 safety personnel.
“Yes, that is correct. The personnel from the Vice President Security and Protection Group all come from the members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police,” Duterte stated.
“The number and deployment depends on the decision of AFP and PNP,” she added.
The OVP defended the deployment of 433 safety personnel for Duterte prior to now yr, saying that the Commission on Audit made no “adverse” discovering on it in its 2022 audit report on the OVP.
Further, the OVP stated extra safety personnel have been wanted for Duterte because it cited her different titles, together with Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd), Co-Vice Chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), and President of the Southeast Asia Ministers of Education Organization.
Data launched by the OVP confirmed that the company reported 558 safety personnel from July 2022 to August 2023: 252 for the second half of 2022; 93 for the primary quarter of 2023, 118 for the second quarter of 2023; and 21 for July and August.
In the funds listening to, Senator Sonny Angara, who chairs the committee, defined that these safety personnel labored in shifts, noting that they weren’t deployed all on the similar time.
“I suspect kasi ako may security, we have six or four, hindi naman sila sabay-sabay diba? Kasi may nagpapahinga, may shifting ‘yan diba, hindi naman kailangan alert ‘yun diba. Tapos kapag pumupunta si VP sa isang lugar, out of town, mauuna ‘yun. may advance party ‘yun,” Angara stated.
(I’ve a safety element; we now have six or 4. They’re not happening obligation on the similar time. Some are resting, they’ve shifts. They are usually not alert on a regular basis. If the VP goes out of city, there’s an advance get together for that.)
“I just want to put that on record because the impression it might create in the public that sabay-sabay nagdu-duty ‘yan, which is not the case for many of us in public service,” he added.
(I simply need to put that on document as a result of it would create an impression that they go on obligation on the similar time. Which is just not the case for many people in public service.) — DVM, GMA Integrated News
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