Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo | PHOTO: Official facebook page of the House of Representatives of the Philippines A senior member of the House appropriations panel insisted on Sunday that the controversial confidential funds that were transferred from the Office of the President (OP) to the Office of the Vice President (OVP) last year were perfectly legal under the 2022 budget law. Marikina Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo, senior vice chair of the House appropriations committee, noted that the P125 million released to the OVP last year was allowed by a provision of the General Appropriations Act of 2022.

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