Citing the government’s limited resources, Senator Risa Hontiveros said confidential funds should only be for agencies that have intelligence mandates.
“There should indeed be a value for money and for every peso and cent, which is the responsibility of the government,” Hontiveros said as she aired her concern over the P500 million confidential funds being sought by Vice President Sara Duterte under the 2024 proposed national budget.
Both the proposed confidential funds for the OVP and the DepEd are larger than the proposed P101 million confidential budget of the Department of National Defense for next year. “We really try to be very professional about these issues. Like any family or household or like any company, we are not special in government [so as not to have accountability],” she added.
Earlier, Hontiveros cautioned DepEd against using its confidential funds for surveillance operations on teachers and learners in a bid to stop alleged recruitment attempts of the New People’s Army in public schools.
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