OPAPP complied with the COA recommendation—Palace

From the Philippine Information Agency (Dec 23): OPAPP complied with the COA recommendation—Palace 

Malacañang said Tuesday that the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) has complied with the recommendations of the Commission on Audit concerning the lease of vehicles.

Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma said the recommendation included securing approval from the Department of Budget and Management for vehicle rentals.

In a recent audit report, COA questioned OPAPP’s use of P45 million worth of car rental services in 2014.

Undersecretary and OPAPP Executive Director Luisito G. Montalbo said In a statement that they have “complied with and received DBM approval on September 15, 2015.”

Montalbo pointed out that COA did not disallow the rentals as it even confirmed the OPAPP’s compliance with an executive order that required “ad hoc agencies with specific tasks to perform” to merely rent, and not outright purchase vehicles, for their operational use.

Coloma said the vehicles were used for the monitoring of implementation of various projects including the P7.2 billion Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or Peaceful and Resilient Communities (PAMANA) program, covering 48 provinces across the country. (OPAPP)

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