VERA Files
Ang pahayag ni Duterte na ang Pilipinas ay patuloy na “mas humihirap” ay salungat sa naging ulat noong Enero ni dating Budget Secretary Diokno.
This is the fifth of six parts.
The one-year deadline has left government agencies rushing to utilize their entire budget.
The Department of Budget and Management denied violating procurement rules when it bidded out the P2.8 billion contract for the hosting of the 2017 ASEAN conferences in the country, saying it has full discretion in determining the rules for such processes.
Budget Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno said he ordered to proceed with the awarding of contract to the lone bidder of the P2.8 billion job of “Technical and Conference Integrator” for the Philippine hosting of the 2017 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) 50th anniversary and ignore complaints about alleged irregularities in the bidding.
The Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service (DBM-PS) has allegedly violated the government procurement law when it bidded out the gargantuan P2.8 billion events management contract for the hosting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations conferences this year, a company excluded from the bidding said.