Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra admitted that the pandemic has prevented the Department of Justice (DOJ) from maximizing its budget.
Guevarra pointed this out after the DOJ got flagged by the Commission on Audit (COA) for the unused P266 million intended as P266 million intended for personal services, maintenance and other operating expenses and projects for capital outlay.
“The DOJ has explained to the COA that its inability to utilize fully its appropriations for capital outlay in 2020 was caused mainly by delays in the procurement process occasioned by the series of community quarantines,” the secretary said.
Despite this, Guevarra has assured that the DOJ is doing what it can to address this issue.
Guevarra disclosed that “the DOJ is presently maximizing the utilization of allotments by speeding up the implementation of projects planned for the rest of the year, and cascading available resources to its regional prosecution and other allied offices.”
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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