Atty. Barry Gutierrez, ex-spokesman of former Vice-President Leni Robredo, said a group of petitioners will file a petition for certiorari before the Supreme Court questioning the transfer of millions of pesos in confidential funds to the Office of the Vice-President last year.
Among those who will file the petition are Gutierrez, former Comelec officials Christian Monsod and Gus Lagman, ex-finance undersecretary Cielo Magno, and several others.
"Maraming humahamon sa amin nung unang pinag-uusapan ang issue na ito. 'Magsampa kayo ng kaso.' Heto na, magsasampa na ng kaso para makaroon ng pagkalinaw itong isyu ng confidential funds," he said. Instead, the petition seeks to clarify if the OP was authorized to make the transfer of funds to the Office of the Vice-President.
He noted that the money should be returned to the National Treasury if the fund transfer was unauthorized.House Appropriations Committee Senior Vice Chair Stella Quimbo earlier explained the transfer of funds was legal because it was sourced from the contingent fund. She said that what happened was not a transfer, but an actual use of the contingent fund for expenses that were not anticipated during budget preparation.
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