Approved P864.91-M budget unconstitutional – De Guzman
THE seven councilors that comprise the majority at the Sangguniang Panlungsod and voted to pass the P864.91 million as annual budget for the city government committed flagrant violation of the Constitution when it withdrew P660,000 fund earmarked for the Commission on Audit (COA) office stationed in the city.
Luz de Guzman, former budget officer of Dagupan and now special assistant of Mayor Belen Fernandez, said the city’s COA was among the 61 offices and programs whose funding were slashed in addition to the zero budget for their respective Job Order Employees.
De Guzman, a certified public accountant, told newsmen there is a law mandating the local government unit to provide space, fund and staff to the local COA to enable it to perform its mandated tasks in the city government services to LGU Dagupan.
The following offices and programs already without JOEs:
Mayor’s Office, Sangguning Panlungsod, Administrator’s Office, Human Resources and Management Office, Planning and Development Office, Civil Registrar’s Office, General Service Office, Budget Office, Accountant’s Office, Treasurer’s Office, Assessor’s Office, Information Office, Management Systems information Office, Library, Legal Office, Public and Order and Safety Office, Service Program, One-Stop Business Center,
Peace and Order Council Program, Security Protective Service Program, Special Projects and Programs, Schools Division Office, Health Office, Public Service Office, Solid Waste Management Division, Social Welfare and Development Office, Population Office, Barangay Health Workers, Security Force Program, Public Alert Response and Management Office;
Gender and Development Program, Health Services Program, Education Program, Prevention and Protection of Street Vulnerable, Social Service Program, Support Program for the Handicapped, Social Welfare and Development Office, PAGASA, Women Center, Child Development Center, Sport Development Center, Maintenance of City Roads, City Zoning Office, Treasurer’s Office (Market Division), Tourism Facility, Bangus Industry, Anti-Littering, Coastal Resource Management, Program, Deboning Enterprise, Maintenance of Malimgas Market, Maintenance of Various Comfort Rooms, Tourism and Various Cultural Programs, and City Risk Reduction and Management Office. (Leonardo Micua)
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