SC ruling: Confidential funds must directly connect to law enforcement

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The Supreme Court rules spending confidential funds for peace and order concerns must have a direct connection to law enforcement agencies.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/sc-ruling-confidential-funds-must-directly-connect-law-enforcement/

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00:08 This stems from a case the SC dismissed

00:10 that took the Commission on Audit to court

00:12 for grave abuse of discretion.

00:14 The COA had issued a notice of disallowance

00:16 against a cash advance for supposed intelligence gathering

00:18 activities.

00:20 The SC on bank rejected the assertion

00:22 that there was grave abuse of discretion

00:23 on the part of the COA.

00:25 The SC also upholds the COA's intelligence

00:27 and confidential funds audit unit's decision

00:30 to reduce the municipality's peace and order

00:32 budget based on a Department of the Interior

00:34 and local government memorandum.

00:36 The ILG Memorandum Circular 99-65

00:39 clarifies only expenses related to the following are valid.

00:44 The SC rules that human rights advocacy, community

00:46 development, and certain programs,

00:48 including meals, snacks, and cash donations,

00:51 don't align with peace and order efforts.

00:54 you

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