Averting a possible flashpoint among lawmakers over the realignment of millions in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) for civilian agencies with no national security mandate, two offices under Vice President Sara Duterte -- the Department of Education and the OVP -- informed senators on Thursday the agencies will no...
Averting a possible flashpoint among lawmakers over the realignment of millions in confidential and intelligence funds for civilian agencies with no national security mandate, two offices under Vice President Sara Duterte — the Department of Education and the OVP — informed senators on Thursday the agencies will no longer request such secret funds.During the Senate plenary debate, the main sponsor of the budget, Finance committee chairman Sen.
The House of Representatives earlier stripped several civilian agencies of their CIF requests, and realigned these to the defense and security agencies, and the matter was expected to raise a problem if the Senate did not go along with the realignment. According to Cayetano, DepEd is seeking realignment of the CIF it previously requested to the National Learning Recovery Program, given that it does not see yet much improvement in the country’s dismal performance in global assessment tests.
“I have no issue with a grant of confidential funds to the Office of the President, a civilian government agency with multi-dimensional, multi-faceted operations, responsibilities, and tasks. I have no problem with the concept of granting,” Pimentel assured.
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