FACT CHECK: Old video used to FALSELY claim Marcos admin has threatened COA
Facebook video showing former Commission on Audit commissioner Heidi Mendoza supposedly admitting that the agency is being coerced by the Marcos administration is false.
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FACT CHECK: ‘Unmodified opinion’ of COA did NOT clear OVP of irregularities
A Facebook (FB) post is falsely claiming the Commission on Audit (COA) found no irregularities in the utilization of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) budget, citing the “unmodified opinion” given by the commission to the OVP in 2023.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa MALI sa pagsasabing ‘may discretion’ ang mga LGU sa paggastos ng confidential funds
Ang Joint Circular 2015-01 ay nagtatalaga ng mga partikular na aktibidad kung saan ang mga confidential fund ay maaari at hindi maaaring magamit. Hindi ito nagbibigay ng kapangyarihan na magpasya sa mga LGU na gumastos ng mga confidential fund sa paraang gusto nila.
FACT CHECK: Bato Dela Rosa WRONG in saying LGUs ‘have discretion’ in spending confidential funds
Joint Circular 2015-01 prescribes specific activities where confidential funds can and cannot be used. It does not give LGUs discretion to spend confidential funds the way they want to.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Ombudsman nag-flip-flop sa paglalathala ng mga COA report
Sa isang pagdinig ng House appropriations committee noong Setyembre 11, hiniling ni Ombudsman Samuel Martires sa Kongreso na tanggalin ang utos sa Commission on Audit na ilathala ang Audit Observation Memorandum nito dahil lumilikha ito ng mga pahiwatig na nasuhulan ang kanyang opisina para ibasura ang kaso samantalang ang kakulangan sa audit ay hindi pagsumite lamang ng mga resibo.
FACT CHECK: Ombudsman flip-flops on publication of COA reports
After calling on Congress to remove from the General Appropriations Act a provision requiring the Commission on Audit to publish Audit Observation Memorandum, Ombudsman Samuel Martires changed his tune two days later, saying that what he actually meant was the removal of the requirement to publish COA’s Annual Audit Reports.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Pahayag ni Zubiri na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds para sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan hindi totoo
Mali ang pahayag ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri noong Nob. 7 na maaaring gamitin ang confidential funds sa pagkukumpuni ng mga silid-aralan.
VERA FILES FACT CHECK: Zubiri inaccurately claims that confidential funds can be used for repair of classrooms
A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Tatlong bagay na kailangan mong malaman tungkol sa mga confidential at intelligence fund
Ano ang mga confidential at intelligence funds at para saan ito magagamit?
VERA FILES FACT SHEET: Three things you need to know about confidential and intelligence funds
What are confidential and intelligence funds? For what can these be used?