The Commission on Audit has revealed that violations of the government procurement law were committed by the provincial government of Davao de Oro when it perfected infrastructure contracts worth P666.84 million without the authority of
The recently-released 2019 annual audit report for the province also showed that government auditors noted a breakdown in the collection and remittance system of the Office of the Provincial Treasurer that resulted in “incurrence of malversation of public funds” amounting to P4,517,493.87.
According to COA, Davao de Oro was among the provinces that received CMGP from the national government to finance road repair, rehabilitation and improvement. “We recommended directing the CMGP-Local Road Management Team to initiate a request to the SP to rectify this error at the soonest possible time,”said COA.
Notwithstanding the irregularity, COA has not recommended the filing of charges against those involved in the alleged fraud.
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