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00:00 Following the questioning of some lawmakers
00:03 about the size of the confidential funds
00:06 received by Davao City,
00:09 the GMA Integrated News Research
00:13 conducted its own analysis
00:16 on the data of the COA and financial statements of some LGUs.
00:19 Davao City released the largest confidential fund
00:24 in the 10 richest cities in the country
00:28 for several years.
00:29 Sandra Aguinaldo was one of them.
00:31 [Music]
00:34 Even local governments have confidential funds.
00:38 Even higher than the national government agencies in 2021,
00:43 which almost doubled their confidential funds in 2016.
00:47 In the GMA Integrated News Research's analysis
00:50 on the 10 richest cities in the country in 2021
00:55 and their financial statements in 2022,
00:58 Davao City released the largest confidential fund.
01:02 The COA also submitted a report
01:05 where the Davao City government's confidential fund
01:08 amounted to more than 2.5 billion pesos.
01:12 In two terms,
01:13 Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte
01:16 announced it from 2016 to 2022.
01:19 Senator Arisa Ontiveros asked,
01:21 "What is there in Davao City
01:24 that has larger confidential funds
01:26 compared to national agencies
01:29 like the Philippine Coast Guard?"
01:30 "What is there in Davao?
01:33 Is it also stolen by China
01:35 like the West Philippine Sea?
01:37 So it's really ripe for study.
01:42 And the confidential funds of civilian government units
01:47 from national to local."
01:49 The COA also allows Joint Circular 2015-01
01:54 to have confidential funds for LGUs
01:57 with peace and order concerns,
01:59 as long as it does not exceed 30 percent
02:02 of the total allocation for the peace and order program.
02:07 "It's hard to live now for the sake of national interest.
02:10 Let's see where it is used because it's a lot.
02:13 It's huge.
02:14 But I don't want to single out the LGUs."
02:16 But Ontiveros said,
02:18 "There should be a clear limitation
02:21 of confidential funds, local or national."
02:24 Some senators want to give confidential funds
02:27 only to government agencies.
02:30 While in the House of Commons,
02:31 a committee is arranging the withdrawal
02:33 of confidential funds from civilian agencies
02:37 to be transferred to offices
02:39 related to the West Philippine Sea.
02:42 We asked the office of Vice President Sara Duterte
02:46 but they still have no answer.
02:48 For GMA Integrated News,
02:50 Sandra Aguinaldo,
02:51 for Tutok 24 Horas.
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