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        <h2 style="text-align:left;">Potential Abuse of Confidential Funds in Davao</h2>
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        <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:14px;">Davao City has maintained massive allocations for confidential funds, hitting ₱530 million annually in recent years (such as 2023 and 2024) under Mayor Sebastian "Baste" Duterte. This historical pattern of high confidential spending spanned previous terms under Rodrigo and Sara Duterte.</span></p>
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        <h2 style="text-align:left;">Pattern of Behavior</h2>
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         <li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Varela;font-size:14px;"><strong>Rodrigo Duterte:</strong> Set aside ₱144 million in 2016 before moving to the presidency.</span></li>
         <li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Varela;font-size:14px;"><strong>Sara Duterte:</strong> Increased the city's annual confidential spending up to ₱460 million by 2019–2022.</span></li>
         <li style="text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Varela;font-size:14px;"><strong>Sebastian Duterte:</strong> Raised the allocation further by roughly 15.22% to ₱530 million.</span></li>
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        <p style="margin-left: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Varela;font-size:14px;">You will noticed the pattern of behavior from this family on utilizing <strong>Confidential Funds </strong>allocation. It started from Rodrigo Duterte (father), to Sara Duterte (daughter), and now Baste Duterte (son) to the tune of<strong> P530 Million</strong>. Unfortunately, no one in Davao will dare to question or make them accountable as to where these <strong>Confidential Funds</strong> was spent.</span></p>
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        <h2 style="margin-left:0px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Amaranth;font-size:24px;">You cannot be angry at flood control corruption and be okay with abuse of confidential funds!</span></h2>
        <h2 style="margin-left:0px;text-align:left;"><span style="font-family:Amaranth;font-size:24px;">Every stolen confidential fund is a stolen money from each and every tax payer (filipinos) in the country.</span></h2>
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