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P9.3B confidential, intelligence funds spent by gov't in 2022 -- COA

Published Oct 11, 2023 03:00 am

The national government spent P3.67 billion and P5.66 billion in confidential and intelligence funds, respectively, in 2022, the Commission on Audit (COA) disclosed in its Annual Financial Report (AFR) on national government agencies.

The government's use of confidential and intelligence funds has been a hot topic with the House Committee on Appropriations deciding on Tuesday to remove the confidential funds of the Office of the Vice President (OVP), Department of Education (DepEd), Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), Department of Agriculture (DA), and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the proposed 2024 budget.

The departments and offices which reported confidential expenses are:

Office of the President - P2.25 billion (61.28 percent)

Other Executive Offices - P764.888 million (20.83 percent)

Department of Justice - P302.133 million (8.23 percent)

Office of the Vice President - P125 million (3.4 percent)

Department of Interior and Local Government - P60.6 million (1.65 percent)

Department of Finance - P60.527 (1.65 percent)

Department of National Defense - P37.429 million (1.02 percent)

Department of Social Welfare and Development - P20 million (0.55 percent)

Metropolitan Manila Development Authority - P18.75 million (0.51 percent)

Department of Foreign Affairs - P10 million (0.27 percent)

Other Departments/Offices - P22.468 million (0.61 percent)

"The Office of the President reported the highest amount of P2.25 billion or 61.28 percent of the total," the COA said in its report.

"For Other Executive Offices (OEO), Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) reported the highest amount of P500 million or 65.37 percent, followed by the National Security Council of P182 million or 23.79 percent. For the Department of Justice (DOJ), Online Sexual Exploitation of Children (OSEC) and National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) reported P150.58 million or 49.84 percent and P141.55 million or 46.85 percent, respectively," COA said.

Departments and offices which reported intelligence expenses are:

Office of the President - P2.25 billion (39.69 percent)

Department of National Defense - P1.742 billion (30.74 percent)

Department of Interior and Local Government - P1.118 billion (19.72 percent)

Other Executive Offices - P548.2 million (9.67 percent)

Department of Transportation - P10 million (0.18 percent)

"For DND, General Headquarters (GHQ) and Philippine Army (PA) reported the highest amount of P1.24 billion or 71.19 percent and PA of P444.00 million or 7.83 percent, 132 respectively. The Philippine National Police (PNP) reported P1.12 billion representing the total of DILG," COA said.

It explained that the confidential fund "is used to recognize the amount paid for expenses related to surveillance activities in civilian government agencies that are intended to support the mandate or operations of the agency."

On the other hand, it said, the intelligence funds are "used to recognize the amount paid for expenses related to intelligence information gathering activities of uniformed and military personnel, and intelligence practitioners that have direct impact to national security."

The release of the Intelligence Fund is subject to the approval of the President, it also said.

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