24/08/2026
Former OVP special disbursing officer Gina Acosta testified that Vice President Sara Duterte personally ordered the release of P125 million in confidential funds to her security chief, Col. Raymund Lachica, in December 2022. House prosecutor Terry Ridon called the testimony one of the “smoking guns” in the impeachment trial, noting that Acosta could not identify any provision in Joint Circular 2015-01 authorizing a security officer to disburse the funds.