The Senate on Monday created an oversight committee that will monitor the disbursement of the proposed P9.28 billion confidential and intelligence funds (CIFs) lodged under the 2023 national budget.
This came after the upper chamber adopted Senate Proposed Resolution No. 302 filed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri.
He tagged the CIFs as "essential" to empower government agencies to conduct necessary programs, operations, and activities for the safety and security of Filipinos, especially now that we are "facing strange new challenges." "The Senate will exercise the full extent of our oversight function: We will monitor the use of these funds; we will go over the reports relevant to each agencies’ use of funds; and we will conduct hearings if necessary," he said.
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