MANILA, Philippines — Police Gen. Guillermo Eleazar, Philippine National Police chief, has ordered the leadership of the Special Action Force and other police units to check the status of unmet contracts flagged by the Commission on Audit. “I have directed the leadership of the SAF to determine and immediately report to me why some of these procurement contracts have not materialized,” Eleazar said in a statement sent to reporters Tuesday. “I have also tasked the SAF to report the current status of the contracts,” he added. This comes after the COA, in its 2020 report, indicated that at least 29 procurement contracts entered into by the elite commando force with various suppliers have not yet been delivered. In a reply to the audit report, the SAF said that 13 of the contracts were extended as the delays were not attributed to the suppliers.

Source: Philippine Star July 13, 2021 03:56 UTC