VICE President Sara Duterte said issues over the budget allocation for the Department of Education (DepEd) were among the reasons she resigned from the Cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

In a television interview aired on Thursday, Duterte said that while she is not ready to fully explain the real cause of her resignation as education secretary, she said she believed that the 2024 General Appropriations Act was not properly handled.

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