State auditors reject the petition of GSIS to review its decision, forcing to return P2.1 million for illegal consultancy contracts.
MANILA, Philippines– The Commission on Audit denied the petition of state pensioner Government Service Insurance System to review auditors’ decision which blocked consultancy contracts worth P2.1 million made in 2014.
Lawyers Elmer Lopez and Waldo Flores were also tapped as consultants and were paid P600,000 and P450,000, respectively. State auditors, however, issued a notice of disallowance in September 2015, noting that GSIS failed to secure the written conformity of the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel and the concurrence of COA.
GSIS claimed that the confidential consultants were not required to secure the approval of OGCC and COA.
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