COA issues P73-M notice of disallowance on Sara Duterte’s secret funds
The Commission on Audit disallows P73 million worth of confidential funds in the 2022 budget of the Office of the Vice President.
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00:00The Commission on Audit disallows P73 million worth of confidential funds in the 2022 budget
00:07of the Office of the Vice President.
00:09This allowance means the concerned agency is being ordered to return the funds in question.
00:14State auditors flag the OVP for, quote, non-submission of documents evidencing the success of information
00:19gathering and or surveillance, broken down as follows.
00:24ECOA also flagged P3.5 million worth of tables, chairs, desktop computers, and printers charged
00:31to confidential funds without specifying that they were intended for confidential operations.
00:36Citing ECOA audit report, House Deputy Minority Leader Franz Castro also gave a breakdown
00:42of how the OVP used P125 million in confidential funds in 2022.