VP Sara Duterte Speaks on Book about A Friend, To Write Another Story
SARA DUTERTE – The Vice President announced that she will write another book and it will be about a betrayal of a friend.
At the Senate finance committee’s budget hearing on the proposed 2025 budget of the Office of the Vice President, a heated exchange took place between Vice Pres. Duterte and Senator Risa Hontiveros. The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) earlier said that the office of Vice Pres. Duterte is seeking for a P2 billion budget for 2025.
According to the finance department, the 2025 budget proposal of the Office of the Vice President does not include Confidential Funds. The office was grilled last year over its controversial spending of its CIFs and it was slashed in its 2024 budget proposal.
However, amid the OVP budget proposal having no CIFs, Sen. Risa Hontiveros noticed that the assistance programs of Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s office is similar to the programs of the other government agencies.
Hontiveros raised the matter. According to Duterte, there were instances when the government agencies with similar assistance programs rejected their referrals so they opted for separate assistance programs.
Sen. Hontiveros also questioned the P10 million allocated for the distribution of the book authored by Vice Pres. Duterte to the learners. However, the Vice President snubbed the question and accused the lawmaker of politicizing.
According to Duterte, Hontiveros is politicizing as her name is written on the book which may be given to learners of parents who can vote. The Vice President and the Senator exchanged statements that they don’t appreciate each other’s attitude.
The book authored by Vice Pres. Sara Duterte with a P10 million allocate budget for its distribution gathered different reactions from the public. The OVP earlier defended Duterte’s book citing its main purpose.
Duterte’s book entitled Isang Kaibigan talked about the friendship of an own and a parrot. The latter helped the former after its house was struck by storm.
Recently, amid the controversies and criticisms surrounding her book Isang Kaibigan, Vice Pres. Sara Duterte announced in a statement that she will be writing another book. According to the Vice President, it will be about the betrayal of a friend.
“Abangan ninyo ang susunod kong isusulat na libro tungkol sa pagtataksil ng isang kaibigan,” she wrote.
The Vice President also debunked plagiarism accusations saying that it is very easy to write a story based on one’s experience and there is no need to copy other’s works. According to her, the project is to encourage the learners to read and make their own stories.