Solicitor General Jose Calida should explain the multi-million excess allowances his office received in 2017, Malacanang said on Saturday. Palace spokesman Harry Roque issued the statement, a day after the Commission on Audit (COA) ordered officials of the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) to return to the government P10.7 million in excess honoraria and allowances. Based on COA’s 2017 annual audit report, Calida received the bulk of the excess honoraria and allowances amounting to P7.5 million. Calida and OSG lawyers, according to the COA report, collected allowances for legal services rendered to client agencies that exceeded 50 percent of their respective salaries. Reacting to the audit report, the OSG said COA Circular No.

Source: Manila Times June 02, 2018 03:45 UTC