00:00The Commission on Audit will be called by the Quad Committee of the Camera
00:05to blame the intelligence funds for the termination of the former President Rodrigo Duterte.
00:11It is possible that this is the reason why the fund was used to bribe the police
00:18that can kill drug suspects in the war against drugs.
00:22Jonathan Andal has the story.
00:25One time, I was at...
00:48The reason why the former president's intel fund was investigated
00:53Rojina Karma told us that's where the money came from.
01:00So we need to find out where the money really came from.
01:04And we're pretty sure that's where the intel fund came from.
01:06To clarify, the Commission on Audit will be called by the Quad Committee.
01:10They will blame the intel funds released by Duterte from 2016 to 2022.
01:15We will see how the money came out.
01:19Because in the first two months, we saw a sudden increase.
01:25From the former president, Pinoy, the intel fund suddenly increased.
01:30From a certain month, it seems like a lot of money was used.
01:37Based on the data found by GME Integrated News Research,
01:40in 2016, when former President Pinoy Aquino was still in office,
01:44the Office of the President gave 500 million pesos in confidential and intelligence funds.
01:49They divided it according to Duterte.
01:52When the Duterte administration made a budget,
01:55the budget for confidential and intel funds increased by 5 times or 2.5 billion pesos
02:02from 2017 to 2019.
02:04In 2020, it increased by 4.5 billion pesos each year until Duterte came down from his position.
02:13The confidential and intel funds of Malacanang fell under the audit of COA,
02:17but the findings were not made public because it may have an impact on national security.
02:22That's why Fernandez sees that it will be difficult for them to investigate the intel funds of the former president.
02:28That's why he said they can make a law based on their investigation in aid of legislation.
02:34I think it's high time that we have to strengthen the policy of our COA.
02:39If there is really an abusive intent in using intel funds to kill people and pay,
02:47those who perpetrate it, then I think we need to tighten up the liquidation.
02:56For GME Integrated News, Jonathan Andal, for Tutok 24 Hours.
04:09Transcription by ESO. Translation by —
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