INTELLIGENCE FUNDS of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will now be subject to state audit, the Commission on Audit (CoA) chief yesterday said, setting aside a long-established practice of keeping auditors at bay when it comes to accounting the budgetary item.
"We are set to meet with AFP officials [yesterday afternoon] to discuss the audit of the intelligence funds," Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan, CoA chairperson, said in a press conference in Quezon City yesterday.
The audit comes after the AFP voluntarily opened the funds to scrutiny. A Department of National Defense panel investigating alleged corruption in the military has recommended CoA review of the fund.
Intelligence and confidential funds are not subject to regular audit requirements.
Ms. Tan said she will personally lead an audit team to ensure confidentiality.
"We will keep this confidential. People of trust and confidence will be responsible for the audit," she said.
She also commended the AFP "for coming out with expression of support. We hope other agencies will be like that. It will make our jobs easier.
In a related development, House Bill 4127, or the proposed Intelligence and Confidential Funds Transparency Act, has been filed by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro A. Casiño, Jr.
"[Lack of audit on intelligence funds] has rendered these funds open to the misuse and abuse of those who are charged with the utilization of these funds granted to numerous government agencies, usually the generals closest to the Commander-in-Chief," he said in the bill’s explanatory note.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
Audit commission dips fingers into AFP intelligence fund
INTELLIGENCE FUNDS of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will now be subject to state audit, the Commission on Audit (CoA) chief yesterday said, setting aside a long-established practice of keeping auditors at bay when it comes to accounting the budgetary item.
"We are set to meet with AFP officials [yesterday afternoon] to discuss the audit of the intelligence funds," Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan, CoA chairperson, said in a press conference in Quezon City yesterday.
The audit comes after the AFP voluntarily opened the funds to scrutiny. A Department of National Defense panel investigating alleged corruption in the military has recommended CoA review of the fund.
Intelligence and confidential funds are not subject to regular audit requirements.
Ms. Tan said she will personally lead an audit team to ensure confidentiality.
"We will keep this confidential. People of trust and confidence will be responsible for the audit," she said.
She also commended the AFP "for coming out with expression of support. We hope other agencies will be like that. It will make our jobs easier.
In a related development, House Bill 4127, or the proposed Intelligence and Confidential Funds Transparency Act, has been filed by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro A. Casiño, Jr.
"[Lack of audit on intelligence funds] has rendered these funds open to the misuse and abuse of those who are charged with the utilization of these funds granted to numerous government agencies, usually the generals closest to the Commander-in-Chief," he said in the bill’s explanatory note.
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"We are set to meet with AFP officials [yesterday afternoon] to discuss the audit of the intelligence funds," Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan, CoA chairperson, said in a press conference in Quezon City yesterday.
The audit comes after the AFP voluntarily opened the funds to scrutiny. A Department of National Defense panel investigating alleged corruption in the military has recommended CoA review of the fund.
Intelligence and confidential funds are not subject to regular audit requirements.
Ms. Tan said she will personally lead an audit team to ensure confidentiality.
"We will keep this confidential. People of trust and confidence will be responsible for the audit," she said.
She also commended the AFP "for coming out with expression of support. We hope other agencies will be like that. It will make our jobs easier.
In a related development, House Bill 4127, or the proposed Intelligence and Confidential Funds Transparency Act, has been filed by Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teodoro A. Casiño, Jr.
"[Lack of audit on intelligence funds] has rendered these funds open to the misuse and abuse of those who are charged with the utilization of these funds granted to numerous government agencies, usually the generals closest to the Commander-in-Chief," he said in the bill’s explanatory note.
source
COA to audit AFP funds
MANILA, Philippines - Newly-installed Commission on Audit Chairperson Maria Gracia Pulido-Tan said the commission will soon start an in-depth investigation into the anomalous funds in the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The widespread corruption there was first revealed by auditor Heidi Mendoza, who was also recently appointed as COA commissioner.
Meanwhile, COA auditors are ready to testify in the trial for the ouster of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
She said the whole commission fully supports its state auditors, some of whom will have to face the Senate in May.
She said it is the duty of the commission to fight corruption, and it is already a usual process that auditors face trial and serve as witnesses.
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The widespread corruption there was first revealed by auditor Heidi Mendoza, who was also recently appointed as COA commissioner.
Meanwhile, COA auditors are ready to testify in the trial for the ouster of Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.
She said the whole commission fully supports its state auditors, some of whom will have to face the Senate in May.
She said it is the duty of the commission to fight corruption, and it is already a usual process that auditors face trial and serve as witnesses.
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