“We see also today, our institutions are being challenged, like COA. ‘Yan violates the balance of power in our country. COA is supposed to bird-dog, to watch, mabantayan nila kung ano ang nangyayari, e aatakihin pa,” Gordon said. | CMRamosINQ
The Senate blue ribbon committee, which Gordon chairs, is currently looking into how the Department of Health handled its pandemic response budget after the COA flagged “deficiencies” in its utilization.
In particular, the upper chamber is investigating the controversial procurement of “overpriced” personal protective equipment , face masks and shields made by the Department of Budget and Management-Procurement Service on behalf of the DOH in 2020. “So that sends a very bad signal to our country,” the senator said, referring to attacks against COA and the Senate.
“How can we now go back to our initiatives in getting investments to our country if the rule of law is palaging nababali [is always broken], is always compromised?” he added.to fund his political plans.which the senator branded as an attempt to divert attention away from the investigation of the blue ribbon panel.
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