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Claim: Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Philippines Chanaka Harsha Talpahewa visited and joined forces with Vice President Sara Duterte amid the ongoing controversy her office is facing.
Rating: MISSING CONTEXT
Why we fact-checked this: The YouTube video containing the claim was posted on September 12 and has 257,407 views as of writing. It was posted by a YouTube channel with 959,000 subscribers.
The video’s title, thumbnail, and narration imply that the Sri Lankan ambassador joined forces with Duterte amid the issues the Vice President is facing in Congress for her office’s proposed 2025 budget.
At the beginning of the video, the narrator says that the Sri Lankan ambassador met with the vice president after the seeming oppression and humiliation perpetrated by Duterte’s enemies. The video then discusses the budget deliberations for the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) proposed 2025 budget.
The facts: While the Sri Lankan ambassador did visit Duterte, the courtesy call was not connected with the ongoing budget deliberations in Congress for the OVP.
The September 12 post on Duterte’s official Facebook page makes no mention of the Sri Lankan ambassador visiting to ally with the Vice President. Instead, the post merely shows Duterte’s gratitude to the Sri Lankan government for investing in the Philippines, especially in Mindanao.
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OVP budget hearing: The OVP’s 2025 budget is on the brink of having its original P2 billion request cut by more than half after the House appropriations committee recommended only a P733-million budget for the OVP in 2025. (READ: House panel proposes to cut VP Sara Duterte’s budget by more than half – why, how?)
It can be remembered that on August 27, during her office’s first round of budget deliberations, Duterte decried the alleged political harassment against her. The Vice President refused to answer questions regarding her requested budget, and instead snubbed the second budget deliberation in the House on September 10.
In a recorded interview posted on September 11, Duterte said she is ready to work under zero budget next year amid rumors that her office will be defunded.
This year’s budget deliberation has been different compared to the previous two years where Duterte breezed through Congress as she enjoyed “parliamentary courtesy.” Duterte’s feud with lawmakers comes amid a public falling out between President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the Dutertes. – Ailla Dela Cruz/Rappler.com
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