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00:00We will now call on Manila 3rd District Representative and House Committee on Good Government, Public Accountability Chairman Jowel Chua.
00:11Congressman, good morning.
00:13Good morning, Egan and to all of your listeners.
00:16Of the 405 out of 677 that were accepted as confidential funds in DepEd, there is no birth record in PSA.
00:26There is no birth record. You are right.
00:29And moreover, there is no marriage and no death.
00:43But if we can see and read the Joint Circular, it is written here, it should be, this is in stelio,
00:51it is written confidential and it is written in bold.
00:54Now, the argument of our colleagues in the Congress is that if that is the requirement, why do we need to put it in bold,
01:02why do we need to put it in stelio and why do we need to put it in confidential, if it is allowed to put any names in there?
01:10Yes. So who will sign these receipts?
01:16Supposedly, it should be the SDOs.
01:20This is one of our recommendations because when we saw the Joint Circular, it is clear.
01:30But one of our recommendations is to put it there so it is clear that it is bearing the true identity.
01:38Okay. Let's make it clear. What you're doing is not a persecution of BP-SARA, but in aid of legislation.
01:45What laws do you think should be enforced here so confidential funds cannot be abused, Congressman?
01:53First of all, in the SDO, we will restrict the requirement.
01:59You don't have to be an SDO. You can be anyone.
02:03As of now, the SDO, if the head of the agency chooses you, you can be an SDO.
02:09You need to have a background in finance, auditing and accounting.
02:16Aside from that, you need to be a regular employee.
02:20We will increase the salary grade, salary grade 24.
02:25So think about it. Maybe later, they will put anyone there, as long as they can order.
02:33Aren't the two SDOs, OBP and Deped, both from Davao?
02:38You're right. That's why, whoever we put as SDO, they should have a permanent position.
02:47That way, they can protect their plantilla position.
02:52Aside from that, one of the things we saw that needs to be fixed is the prohibition of giving confidential funds to agencies and departments
03:06that have nothing to do with intelligence gathering, national security and peace and order.
03:12Okay. So this is the beginning of the prohibition of giving confidential funds to OBP and Deped.
03:21As of now, they don't have a confidential fund.
03:25Let's change the subject. The signature campaign of Macabayan, Black, P.P. Macabadon,
03:32in the impeachment against B.P. Sara Duterte.
03:35The truth is, I haven't read the impeachment complaint yet.
03:40If this was given to us, we will study it first.
03:44Okay. Regardless of the personality, aside from the impeachment,
03:48is there anything else that can be answered by a government official that was seen by your committee that there's an abuse of his position?
03:58The impeachment is only for the vice president.
04:03But insofar as his accomplices, they can be answered.
04:10Our committee will give recommendations, aside from the laws that we will pass.
04:18The committee has no right to pass a case against the personalities?
04:25We are just recommending.
04:27Okay. In aid of legislation.
04:31Yes. You're right.
04:33After your Christmas break, do you have a committee hearing?
04:39Will the quorum be completed or are the other members in the campaign?
04:43For now, to be honest, it's very challenging to get a quorum.
04:49By next year, we already know that it's campaign period.
04:55That's why it's hard because it's campaign period.
05:00All of our congressmen and most of them are in the provinces that are running.
05:08Thank you very much Manila Rep. Jowel Chua. Be careful.
05:12Thank you very much. Long live to you.