Sara keeps mum on confidential funds

Vice President Sara Duterte declined to address questions raised about confidential funds and her impending impeachment trial by a party-list lawmaker she accused of being controlled by Speaker Martin Romualdez.

- By Neil Jayson Servallos — With Alexis Romero

Her statement came after Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre criticized Duterte for being confident about her chances of winning in the impeachment trial, questioning where the confidence was coming from when she has failed to explain before lawmakers how she spent millions in confidential funds.

"It's not that I can't explain. What I do is I refuse to explain, especially to members of the House of Representatives. Because, I'll give you an example, the owner of Tingog party-list is Martin Romualdez," she told reporters on Wednesday.