MANILA, Philippines — Senator Risa Hontiveros has urged the Commission on Audit (COA) to conduct a special audit on the P570-billion COVID-19 expenditure under the two Bayanihan laws enacted last year.
Hontiveros issued the call by filing Senate Resolution No. 710, which also asked COA to release its findings before Congress begins deliberations on the 2022 national budget.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM), according to Hontiveros, said the country had spent a total of over P570 billion on the government’s COVID-19 response. She, however, said this “has yet to be felt on the ground.”
“Government must take a hard look in the mirror by doing a special audit of i…
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