Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros grilled the Commission on Audit (COA) over the delayed release of a special audit on government transactions with Pharmally Pharmaceutical Corporation.
During the continuation of the Senate plenary deliberations on the proposed 2023 national budget, Hontiveros asked COA to update the lawmakers on the status of the special audit.
Senator Sonny Angara, who defended the budget of the state audit agency, said that COA was in the "final stages" and the completed report could be expected in around two months. "But between March and now--- eight months-- so kung ang final report po natin sa dalawang buwan pa, bagong taon na po, 2023 na po," Hontiveros said.
Angara explained that new COA Chairman Gamaliel Cordoba "just warmed his seat" but he vowed "to be on top of the situation" and submit the report within two months.
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