Reporma sa paggamit ng confidential, intel funds isinusulong | News Night
Isinusulong sa Kamara ang ilang reporma sa paggamit ng confidential at intelligence funds. Tumugon na rin ang Commission on Audit sa hiling ng Office of the Ombudsman na huwag nang isapubliko ang audit reports nito.
May ulat si Xianne Arcangel.
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00:00 Marikina representative Stella Kimbo has requested that the special oversight committee
00:05 that will be appointed to the confidential and intelligence funds or CIF of various agencies be formed.
00:10 In her presentation as a member of the plenary of the Commission on Audit or COA budget,
00:16 Kimbo said that the use of the billion-peso fund should be clearer.
00:21 That is why she urged that the committee should have complete access to the reports submitted to the COA
00:27 of the agencies that have CIF.
00:30 This is the reason why I have been called to create a special oversight committee
00:37 that has a member of the minority.
00:40 So that if there are submissions about confidential and intelligence funds to the speaker,
00:47 our minority members will have immediate access.
00:52 According to the COA,
00:53 the Office of the Vice President of the United Nations submitted a request for the spending of P125 million confidential fund.
01:01 The COA promised to finish the audit of the OVP-funded funds on November 15,
01:06 which was spent less than two weeks.
01:09 I asked the COA and I looked at the various reports.
01:22 But it was not spent within 19 days, if not 11 days.
01:32 According to the COA,
01:33 the CIF is facing a big challenge because it is the only employee in the unit that audits the liquidation reports.
01:40 For Albay, Representative Ed Salagman,
01:43 this proves that the agencies that receive CIF should be reduced.
01:48 It should also be strict in issuing the alleged funds,
01:51 especially if some agencies do not comply with the use of it.
01:56 Perhaps we can condition releases on compliance.
02:01 Yes. Without prior compliance, then there will be no subsequent releases.
02:08 The COA formed a technical working group to change the Joint Circular on CIF.
02:13 Some of their amendments are to add additional documents to prove that the spending is correct.
02:20 In addition, the agencies that receive CIF should be removed or removed.
02:27 There should be a reportorial requirement for any transfers of CIFs as well as intelligence funds.
02:37 I believe that this may be happening at the moment, but these are not reported to Congress.
02:43 Despite the Ombudsman's announcement that the auditing of the audit reports will be stopped,
02:49 the COA is adamant that the release of the alleged funds should continue on its website.
02:54 Sienna Arcangel, CNN Philippines.