Solon seeks realignment of P1.4-billion intel funds
11/04/2010A senator wants the P1.4-billion intelligence funds in the proposed 2011 national budget realigned to other regular programs, instead of being appropriated as lump sum item which is not subject to audit.
But such move, however, shields the appropriations provided for the Office of the President (OP) for the same purpose, which had been allocated with P650 million of the total intelligence and confidential funds.
Sen. Franklin Drilon, also the upper chamber’s finance committee chairman, yesterday said he will push the redistribution of the intelligence fund to regular items so that proper accounting can be taken, if the money was actually used for security purposes.
“The government should take a look and revisit the use of intelligence funds to reprogram it to line functions which will be opened to a regular audit, rather than under the lump sum of confidential funds,” he stressed.
“We need to put intelligence funds as regular items so that the accounting and auditing of those funds will no longer be in the nature of intelligence funds but as an ordinary item of expense where it will be liquidated in accordance with the government auditing code,” Drilon added..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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