COA rejects Iloilo solon’s bid to be paid nearly P500-K in back pay as Senate employee 0 SHARES Share it! Baronda said the Senate should have paid her that amount for services rendered from July 21 to Dec. 31, 2014. The incumbent congresswoman sought to collect P418,807.92 in initial salary and unclaimed benefits, and P31,750,00 in additional grocery expenses and reimbursable transportation expenses. The Senate made an effort to collect the total amount Baronda claimed as her benefits but the COA thumbed down the request. “This is because they possess the legal right to receive the payment not the Senate,” the COA-CP ruled in 2017.

Source: Manila Bulletin January 15, 2020 13:18 UTC