State auditors have noted irregular expenditures by the National Youth Commission under Ronald Cardema’s leadership since 2018
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.National Youth Commission Chairperson Ronald Cardema said the NYC has never been issued a notice of disallowance by the Commission on Audit for misappropriating funds.The Facebook video bearing the claim was posted on October 3 on a page with 56,000 followers. As of writing, it has garnered 1.3 million views, 35,000 reactions, and 5,600 shares.
The video shows 2022 footage of Cardema responding to allegations of corruption in the NYC, saying: “Irregular expenditures:the commission to refund excess claims for the unauthorized expenses based on a Notice of Disallowance issued on February 20, 2019., COA flagged the commission for diverting up to P2.714 million to support the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict and its illegal use of funds from the Bangon Marawi Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Program.
Cardema resigned from his post in 2019 for a failed bid to occupy a seat in the House of Representatives with the party-list group Duterte Youth, and wasKyle Marcelino is a graduate of Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program. This fact check was reviewed by a member of Rappler’s research team and a senior editor. Learn more about Rappler’s fact-checking mentorship program
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