Senators will take a closer look at the issues raised by the Commission on Audit involving the Department of Health’s use of public funds to deal with the Covid pandemic, Sen. Panfilo Lacson said Thursday (August 12).
Lacson said he expects the Senate to take up the matter during its deliberations on the budget of the DOH for 2022.
“The issue on the DOH’s management of pandemic response funds will definitely be taken up during the deliberations of the DOH’s 2022 budget, once the Senate starts the hearings before approving their budget. This is among the many other issues hounding the agency,” he said in a statement.
In its audit report of the DOH, COA found deficiencies on how the DOH managed some P67.3 billion in COVID funds.
On the other hand, Lacson noted Duque did not appear to be aware of the DOH’s supply chain issues, citing an exchange between them during Duque’s confirmation hearings at the Commission on Appointments.
“I asked him some questions on DOH’s supply chain issues and what he intended to do to resolve those issues. He could not answer my questions satisfactorily, if at all,” Lacson recalled.
“Am I surprised that he did not even bother to research in spite of his obvious lack of knowledge on the importance of the supply chain in his department? What gives? It’s hubris. He only cares about his boss, the President who, for reasons only they probably know cannot and will not remove him from office in spite of repeated calls from the majority of senators and other sectors,” he added.
Lacson also lamented the issues brought to light by the COA report indicates Duque does not care about the health concerns of the people.
“Sadly, the issues brought to light by the Commission on Audit report, among others, shows that he doesn’t care about the health concerns of the people who he is supposed to serve,” he said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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