ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro has asked for the realignment of the OVP's confidential and intelligence funds in the proposed 2024 budget to the country’s coast guard after a recent incident in the WPS. | GabrielLaluINQ
“If the OVP is so concerned with national security, then it should have no objections and would, in fact, support the transfer of its P500M to the PCG,” she added.
Castro’s call to the OVP came after the Chinese Coast Guard water cannoned PCG vessels escorting a resupply mission to troops stationed at the Ayungin Shoal — which sits in a portion of the WPS near Palawan and within the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone . She also claimed that the P650 million CIF of the OVP and the Department of Education — both headed by Vice President Sara Duterte — is merely a pork barrel for Duterte.“Sa totoo lang ang confidential and intel funds sa Deped at OVP na aabot sa P650M ay pork barrel lang ng bise presidente, it is high time na i-realign ito sa PCG para magamit laban sa mga dayuhang nanghihimasok sa ating teritoryo,” the lawmaker said.Reporters have asked the OVP’s side, but it has not replied since posting time.
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