Petitioners assailed the transfer of the P125 million from the Office of the President’s contingency fund to the OVP’s confidential funds in 2022, which the Commission on Audit said was spent only for 11 days.
Petitioners Gus Lagman, Enteng Romano III, Barry Guiterrez, Arpee Santiago at the Supreme Court on Nov. 11, 2023MANILA, Philippines — Lawyers and concerned citizens on Tuesday filed before the Supreme Court a motion for certiorari, questioning the legality of transferring the contingency expense fund to the Office of the Vice President .
The petitioners argued that the transfer of funds from the national budget to the OVP can only be executed by the legislative department, neither by the OP nor the OVP. “There is no item for a confidential fund, therefore, there is no transfer that is allowed by law which is through augmentation,” Santiago said. ‘Aside from wishing to rule the constitutionality of the said transfer, the petitioners also requested the High Court to order the return of the amount in question to the national treasury.
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