Elderly, PWDs get share in barangay budget
GROUPS of senior citizens and persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Dagupan City will now have an automatic share in the annual budgets of their respective barangays.
The Sangguniang Panlungsod (SP) passed an ordinance last week mandating the city’s 31 barangays to each set aside one per cent of their total annual appropriation for senior citizens and PWDs.
It has been noted that although the barangay budgets for senior citizens and PWDs is mandated in the 1984 Philippine Constitution, many barangays in the past are not complying with the law.
The mandated budget is found in Article II, Section IX , Declaration of Principles and State Policies, Article XIII,Section 11, Health; and Article XV, Section IV, The Family.
This budget is the mandatory share of these groups from the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) of each barangay.
The city ordinance, however, mandates the formation of a Barangay Senior Citizens Association and a PWD Barangay Association duly accredited by the barangay council for purposes of representation and acquiring legal personality and to recommend programs or projects sought to be funded.
A resolution passed by the Barangay Council specifying the purpose, programs or projects of the Barangay Senior Citizens Association and PWD Barangay Association must be submitted before it can be released.
The funds released by the barangays are subject to the standard accounting and auditing procedures.
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