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00:00 Ombudsman Samuel Martirez asked the public to ban the annual report of the Commission on Audit from government agencies.
00:09 Former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza did not agree.
00:13 We have first news from Sandra Aguinaldo.
00:15 The use of the government in the PONDO of the people is under the investigation of the Commission on Audit or COA.
00:26 It is against the law and there is no irregularity.
00:31 COA is putting their annual audit report on their website to various government agencies.
00:38 For Ombudsman Samuel Martirez, the report of the COA should not be public because it is not yet final.
00:44 It is causing a lot of confusion because from the perspective of a person, when he reads that there is an audit observation memorandum in a 10 million project,
00:59 there is a slight doubt.
01:02 The person will immediately say that the government official is making a profit from a 10 million project.
01:11 The only thing that was submitted was a receipt. I leave this to Congress to remove this.
01:19 According to some Congressmen,
01:21 That's where your opponents in politics come from, those who don't like you.
01:25 They will say that these officials did wrong.
01:30 And it appears to the public eye that what you're doing is wrong.
01:36 Senator Riza Ontiveros said that if the government is really clean, there's no reason to be afraid and avoid the public's eyes.
01:45 We listened to the reaction of the COA but they have not yet made a statement.
01:49 According to former COA Commissioner Heidi Mendoza, the annual audit report is now a final report because it has already obtained the approval of various government agencies.
02:00 She said that the process of appealing the findings of the COA is separate from this.
02:06 If they succeed, good luck. All the findings in the audit report is considered as final.
02:13 It has completed the entire stage of the audit process.
02:17 In fact, we call it, the due process has been satisfied. The appeal is part of the adjudication process.
02:26 We listened to the reaction of Martirez. But in one statement, the Ombudsman clarified that they did not want to protect the trusted officials and government employees.
02:38 This is the first news. Sandra Aguinaldo for GMA Integrated News.
02:44 (In Tagalog)
02:56 (In Tagalog)