By Liezelle Soriano
MANILA — Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio stated that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) is prepared to function even without funding for 2025.
“We’ve heard about the possibility of defunding. There are talks that only one peso might be allocated for the OVP budget. We are ready. I am ready, and the Office of the Vice President is prepared to work even without a budget,” Duterte-Carpio said in a video released by the OVP.
“Our operations are small, so we can manage to continue working even without funding. We understand that this is part of the ongoing political attacks, but we will keep doing what we need to do for the country,” she added.
The Vice President was notably absent from the recent 2025 budget hearing in the House of Representatives, following tense discussions during the initial hearing.
“We defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the committee regarding our proposed budget for the coming year,” she previously remarked.
Duterte-Carpio also pointed out that political attacks on the Vice President are not uncommon.
“If we look at history, the Vice President is often targeted because people view them as a potential future president,” she explained.
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