MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Monday urged the Commission on Audit to file a case against the Department of Budget and Management after it withheld the release of the state auditor's P173 mi
MANILA - Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Monday urged the Commission on Audit to file a case against the Department of Budget and Management after it withheld the release of the state auditor's P173 million funding for capital outlay.
"It created an undue injury not only to the agency but to the Filipino people... If it will affect the work of the Commission on Audit, the DBM is liable for that," he said. "Ginive up na natin considering the difficulties the government has in the funding of the pandemic," Aguinaldo said. Under the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act, the President is authorized to realign funds from various agencies as the national government scrambled for additional funding to respond to the global crisis.""I think we have to put a stop on this to avoid any abuse to the future. We always keep on begging congress to, 'Please reinstate our budget when we should not be doing that annually,'" Martires said.
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