Senators urge filing of charges vs erring DA officials 5 SHARES Share it! But Lacson said the DA should not stop with its review and should also pursue charges against the officials involved in the purchase of the defective farm equipment. “I would urge the good Secretary Dar not to stop at mere audit, but charges should be filed. The DA, according to Villar, spent P8.5 million in 2018 for the purchase of farm equipment that were distributed to farmers’ groups in Eastern Visayas. She said that under the Senate’s proposed 2020 national budget, the farm mechanization program will get some P2.5 billion from the P7-billion proposed fund for the rice program.

Source: Manila Bulletin November 14, 2019 03:48 UTC