Pinabulaanan ni Bise Presidente Sara Duterte ang batikos mula sa Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Party-list hinggil sa umano’y misused funds sa ilalim ng kanyang opisina. 

Pinuna ni ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro ang pag gamit ng “shortcuts” sa procurement rules ng Office of the Vice President (OVP) at hinihimok na gawin silang accountable sa kanilang mga gawain. 

“We are deeply concerned about the OVP’s alleged shortcuts in procurement processes. This is a matter that should not be taken lightly, especially considering that millions, even billions, of taxpayer’s money are involved,” pahayag ni Castro.

Naglabas naman ng kanilang pahayag ang OVP at sinabing: “The Office of the Vice President would like to disabuse the imagination of ACT Teachers Partylist and the insinuation that the procurement of OVP Satellite Office equipment amounting to P668,197.20, the cost of which was validated by Commission on Audit and eventually passed the audit, was mired in corruption.”

Nanindigan ang OVP na para sa kaalaman ng publiko, ng ACT party-list, at ni Castro, na may unqualified opinion ito sa financial statements, at hindi nakatanggap ng anumang notice of suspension o disallowance ang Commission on Audit (COA)  laban dito. 

“The COA findings and recommendations should be enough to disappoint ACT Teachers Partylist, and if only France Castro read the COA papers, it would have saved them the time and the energy to conjure wild speculations about OVP spending,” dagdag nito. 

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