CoA Chairman Michael Aguinaldo, along with Commissioners Jose Fabia and Isabel Agito, dismissed the petition for review filed by the respondents for lack of merit. But CoA in its decision ruled: “The prior presidential approvals obtained by PCSO were superseded by Executive Orders Nos. The Commission on Audit is one of the three constitutional commissions that were expressly established by the1987 Constitution under Article IX: the Civil Service Commission; the Commission on Elections; and the Commission on Audit. The constitutional provision on the audit commission is crystal-clear and sweeping: “The Commission on Audit shall have the power, authority and duty to examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of and expenditures or use of funds and property owned or held in trust by the Government…”No bodies, commissions, units or agencies of the government are exempted from the jurisdiction of the Commission. It is comforting to know that our people and government are being well served by the eagle-eyed audit commission.

Source: Manila Times January 29, 2018 16:30 UTC