Guevarra: Duterte concerned with public impression on 'preliminary' COA findings

Former state auditor: COA findings are not premature MANILA — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra on Friday defended President Rodrigo Duterte’s position on Commission on Audit reports which the chief executive earlier told his Cabinet to ignore.

“I think his chief concern is on the way the COA’s preliminary findings are presented to the public and the impression that it leaves in the mind of the people prior to full compliance by the agency concerned,” he added. “Considering that government resources are drawn principally from taxpayers’ money, and the necessity for the efficient use of these resources during this period of public emergency, it is certainly not surprising that many people express indignation over any perceived misuse of public funds,” he said.

“But the matter of determining whether any deficiencies noted in the course of audit constitute a possible violation of law devolves upon other organs of the government,” he pointed out “Nothing should preempt the Office of the Ombudsman to conduct their own, ang tinatawag po natin doon ay fact-finding,” she earlier told ANC’s Rundown.Guevarra’s position that the COA annual audit reports are “preliminary” echoed the position of presidential spokesperson Harry Roque who called premature the release of the COA reports — a claim Mendoza disputed.

COA flagged deficiencies in the health department’s management of P67 billion in COVID-19 funds, which some groups said reflected Duque’s brand of leadership management of the DOH in the midst of a pandemic.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

Anong preliminary? Final na yan gunggong! Ang hinhintay mo ay yung mga rason nung mga tiwali baka kasi lumusot ang mga rason nila😡

Before COA report is finalized, auditee given several chances to provide docs to clarify audit observations. After exit conference, auditee given last chance to submit docs. COA report uploaded in its website is final never preliminary.

Even without that COA findings public impression is already bad.

Anong bang impression? Pinag papaliwanag ang DOH at binibigyan ng time to produce documents. Paktay na justice sa Pilipinas

You know why the public renders those unpleasant reactions?!?, we're talking of Billions and millions of cash here; not pesoses, not thousands. If your idiot boss is not concerned, it's because he's not gonna be paying these squandered funds later and not ever, but we will.

Hanggang impressions lang ang concern n'ya?

Simula ng umupo siya sa pwesto bilang Presidente walang ka impress impress siyang ginawa so anong concern mo. Kahit anong paliwanag ninyo Pag May Mali - hindi dapat nilulusutan. Wag manloko ganun ka simple!

anong pinagsasabi ng bugok n yan preliminary, dumaan ng lahat sa exit conference.

Concern yet shutup? lol…

Anong preliminary? Dumaan na sa exit conference, at ilang meeting, queries, with DOH (Management). The concerned agency was given ample time to respond. The fact that the said deficiencies remained (67billion! COVIC funds) points to something wrong. Palusot pa more.

Ngayon pa siya magiging concerned sa public impression eh matagal ng masama ang pinapakita niya. Was he not concerned sa pagmumura niya, sa “dapat ang Mayor ang nauna”, “shoot them in the vagina”, etc but worse is where is the country especially during this pandemic?

Cornerned din kami sa pagmamalinis nyo

If concerned kayo sa public impression e di ayusin nyo trabaho nyo!

Regardless! COA reports cannot be ignored and disrespected by anyone in Government! More so anyone from Executive.

Guevara is the most rational cabinet member but with his defense of Duterte, naging bobo na rin siya.

Kasi mayabang siya. It is his belief that because he is the President, everything should be in accord with his thinking.

Himod pwet

Di nga yun prelims. Paulet ulet. As a public official, alam mo yun. Saka kung concerned kayo sa public impression, sana ginagalingan nyo yung serbisyo. Hindi yung nagbabayad lang kayo ng trolls para purihin ang poon. 😩

Pwede tigilan na yan!!!!

Preliminary? Jusko.

27 peso mask and missing Usec are kind of obvious You need to top the bar to figure it out?

More concerned with public impression than whiff of corruption? Great, election season begins where impression is important than clean public service. DutertePalpak

Guy used to be conpetent. honorable and dignified before june 2016. Now…. ?🤦🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Iba ang Puro salita sa gawa

Those are not preliminary findings- the DOH was audited (that means after the fact).

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