House Committee on Appropriations Vice Chairperson Stella Quimbo said that the panel reached a “unanimous decision” to 'remove or realign the controversial confidential funds' in the 2024 budget.
MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Vice President, Department of Education , Department Of Information And Communications Technology , Department of Agriculture , Department of Foreign Affairs will not receive confidential funds, the House Committee on Appropriations said on Tuesday.
“Generally ang thinking namin, ano ang mandato ng ahensya? Kung hindi kailangan ng surveillance at pwede gumamit ng MOOE at auditable, prefer namin na ganon ang paggastos,” Quimbo said. In 2022 and 2023, the intelligence funds of the PCG allocated each year amounted to P10 million, according to aThese funds are significantly lower than the P125 million confidential funds of the OVP in 2022 which according to the Commission on Audit was spent in 11 days.
The confidential and intelligence funds made headlines in the past few weeks due to the OVP P500 million CIFs request which received fierce opposition from some lawmakers.Last October 5, Vice President Sara Duterte has defended the CIFs saying that those who are against the confidential funds are “enemies of the nation" for obstructing peace.
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