MANILA, Philippines — There was no admission of any crime when Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo admitted the presence of clean gadgets within the bicameral convention committee report on the 2025 nationwide finances, a lawmaker stated on Wednesday.
1-Rider party-list Rep. Ramon Rodrigo Gutierrez was reacting to Davao del Norte Rep. Pantaleon Alvarez’s assertion.
The latter stated Quimbo’s admission concerning the clean gadgets means she “admitted that there was a falsification of legislative paperwork,” which could be “penalized by jail time alongside financial penalties.”
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“I’ve but to learn yung allegations po. I’m not too certain. I’m simply gonna base it on what you’ve relayed to us now. However I’m undecided that may be falsification. As a result of the admission was simply that, allegedly, the admission is that there have been blanks. However there was no admission to having modified a doc,” Gutierrez in an interview.
“On the allegation of crime, I don’t assume there’s an admission of any crime, if any, after which on the finances, we nonetheless follow the unique protection; It’s nonetheless inside the course of. And any problem could be welcome to the Supreme Courtroom,” he added.
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“Now, to say that that may be a criminal offense, I feel that may be a stretch. However in fact, we nonetheless need to see the allegations,” Gutierrez additional stated, whereas different members of the Home’s Younger Weapons bloc agreed to him.
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On Monday, Quimbo reiterated that the 2025 Normal Appropriations Act (GAA) is authorized, because the allocations on the then-proposed finances have been already determined by the bicam members earlier than each the Home of Representatives and the Senate ratified the report.
She stated technical staffers of the decrease and higher chambers are allowed to make adjustments so long as they’re ministerial, noting that these are merely “calculator exercise.”
Additionally on Monday, former Government Secretary Victor Rodriguez and Davao Metropolis Rep. Isidro Ungab filed a petition for certiorari and prohibition, the place they requested the Supreme Courtroom to declare Republic Act No. 12116, or the Normal Appropriations Act (GAA) of 2025, as “unconstitutional.” The difficulty began after former president Rodrigo Duterte Ungab, who was a former appropriations panel head, raised considerations about clean gadgets within the 2025 finances.
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