Former president Rodrigo Duterte (left), Vice President Sara Duterte (Quad-comm media)

House Deputy Majority Leader La Union 1st district Rep. Paolo Ortega V credited former president Rodrigo Duterte for taking an oath in a congressional investigation involving him--something that the latter's daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, refused to do.

“Buti pa ang tatay niya, tinanggap ‘yung oath to tell the truth nung Miyerkules (Kudos to the father for accepting the oath to tell the truth last Wednesday),” Ortega said in a statement Friday, Nov. 15.

Ortega was referring to the quad-committee (quad-comm) hearing in the House of Representatives last Wednesday, Nov. 13. Before sitting through 13 hours of questioning from congressmen regarding his bloody war on drugs, the elder Duterte stood up to take an oath.

The House, through the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability, is investigating Vice President Duterte's alleged misuse of confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs).

Out of the five hearings of the good government panel so far, the Vice President has only attended the first hearing, wherein she refused to take her oath. She also left early during that particular hearing.

Ironically, Vice President Duterte spent hours on her chair as part of the audience during the quad-comm hearing.

For Ortega, the lady official has purposely being skipping the probe of the Committee on Good Government.

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“Ayaw pa ring sumipot sa aming inquiry, kasi ayaw matanong, takot matanong. Ang kanyang pagtanggi ay bahagi ng kanyang strategy para iwasan ang responsibilidad at accountability para sa ‘di wastong paggamit ng pera ng taong bayan,” he said.

“Kapag ang isang tao ay ayaw tanggapin ang simpleng oath para sabihin ang katotohanan, ibig sabihin hindi siya preparado para magsabi ng katotohanan at pawang katotohanan lamang. Kaya di namin siya tinanong,” added the Ilokano.