The Senate Blue Ribbon panel found that the laptops purchased for the Education department in 2021 were overpriced by almost P1 billion, and recommended the filing of charges against former and current officials of DepEd and the Department of Bud-- READ:
laptops in 2021 in a bid to strengthen its procurement process, agency spokesperson Michael Poa said Friday.
It recommended abolishing the Procurement Service of the DBM, which purchased the laptops on behalf of the DepEd.The report recommended the filing of administrative and criminal charges against the following: Asked about Vice President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte-Carpio’s reaction to the Senate report, Poa said: “She does want to look into our procurement process. When it comes to the cases to be filed, that is a personal liability on the officials’ part. That does not affect the DepEd.”
“I agree that this should be expedited,” Pimentel said, noting Congress can abolish the office by law. But the committee report pointed out that Briones may have unwittingly approved the new parameters that increased the unit price of and decreased the quantity of the laptops.
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