Prof. Contreras says it’s high time to bring issue on transfer of DOH funds to PS-DBM to court

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00:00Political analyst Professor Antonio Contreras believes it's high time to bring the discussion

00:05on the alleged transfer of Php 48 billion from the Department of Health or DOH to the

00:10Procurement Service, Department of the Budget and Management or PSDBM to the court.

00:17Contreras made this assessment after former DOH Secretary Francisco Duque III revealed during a

00:23Senate hearing that it was former President Rodrigo Duterte who ordered him to transfer

00:29the said funds to the PSDBM. The political analyst added the issue is quite controversial

00:35as it involves alleged anomalies like the purchase of overpriced supplies and items

00:40during the pandemic.

00:59must be implicated because now one of his men, Secretary Duque, revealed on what happened.