Manila, Aug. 26 -- Vice President Sara Duterte reviewed and approved Office of the Vice President (OVP) responses to Commission on Audit (COA) findings on confidential funds before they were signed and transmitted, an OVP official testified to the impeachment court Wednesday.

Senator-judge Erwin Tulfo established this while questioning OVP Assistant Secretary and Assistant Chief of Staff Lemuel Ortonio, who admitted having no firsthand knowledge of how the confidential funds were actually spent.

Ortonio said he was instructed to consult then-special disbursing officer Gina Acosta and security officer Col. Raymund Dante Lachica for information needed in responding to COA.

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