00:00Well today, I think it went, you know, with the agenda. We've already had the OVP, we've had the initial deliberations into it.
00:09And then, Saman na rin po, kasi nabagit niya po that we're going to have metal Tokyo.
00:13So at least for the organizational matters, we went through with it.
00:16Initial assessment po siguro, I think justified naman po. The bases were laid out properly.
00:22And nakita man po natin, sa initial deliberations pa lang.
00:25It's unfortunate, of course, that we didn't have the proper research persons from the Office of the Vice President.
00:30However, we were still able to ask the proper questions po with COA.
00:34Although, initial pa lang po ito. Very telling kasi naging indication naman po, no?
00:39We had questions about the CIF, confidential and intelligence funds during the budget hearings po nung OVP, no?
00:48But it seems to have the same issues here.
00:51Most telling, aside from the notice of disallowance, alam na po natin sa P3M.
00:55Na-confirm na po kanina that we have issues with the second batch, yung P500M confidential funds.
01:01So that's something that we're going to look into.
01:03Apparently, out of the P500, if you recall, yung P125 po dun, hindi na-claim for the last quarter.
01:08So we're talking about around P375M na meron rin pa lang audit observation memorandum.
01:13So that's something that's the direction we'd like to take.
01:16Of course, we're all for accountability.
01:18Even if AOM pa lang ito compared to notice of disallowance, by final ruling for the return of the money,
01:25it's still this very telling po that there seems to be a pattern.
01:28Based on yung sinabi ng COA and based on the report we received,
01:31yung AOM po kasi parang kung ano po yung offenses nila dun sa notice of disallowance,
01:35ganun pa rin po yung offenses sa AOM.
01:38So it's something that we really have to consider.
01:40Is there a pattern of misuse or misfeasance or is this malfeasance even?
01:44So I guess yun nga po.
01:45Naging justified verily within the jurisdiction po ito noong Committee on Good Law.
