{"id":197143,"date":"2019-01-10T02:39:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=197143"},"modified":"2019-01-10T02:39:10","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T07:39:10","slug":"auditing-protocols-shouldnt-derail-govt-projects-palace-to-coa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/10\/auditing-protocols-shouldnt-derail-govt-projects-palace-to-coa\/","title":{"rendered":"Auditing protocols shouldn\u2019t derail gov\u2019t projects, Palace to COA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark, pointing out President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s frustration that government projects were being delayed because of unnecessary regulations. (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— The Commission on Audit (COA) should observe auditing protocols without derailing government projects, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo made this remark, pointing out President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s frustration that government projects were being delayed because of unnecessary regulations.<\/p>\n

\u201cAuditing protocols can be observed without derailing government projects. It requires creativity and dexterity but always within the impositions required by law,\u201d Panelo said in a statement.<\/p>\n

In a Palace briefing, Panelo said that Duterte\u2019s statement could also be regarded as a message to the Congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s addressed to Congress. If there are provisions there that will impair the delivery of services then Congress should amend the procedures of the auditing protocols, Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor instance if the requirement is 100 days,\u00a0puwede mo gawin<\/em>\u00a0(you can make it) 25 days,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo also defended the President\u2019s joke about kidnapping and torturing the agency\u2019s personnel anew saying that it was merely Duterte\u2019s style to speak in \u201ca hyperbolic style.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe remarks of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte about the Commission on Audit were expressions of his exasperation and vexation against its application of stringent rules that delays government projects, made in playful jest as his usual hyperbolic style,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo pointed out that while the President\u2019s detractors failed to understand his \u201cspicy remarks\u201d, Filipinos who voted for him understood that he was simply being an \u201caction man\u201d annoyed by government project delays.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have an action man President who is visibly irked with inefficiency and delays in the delivery of public service which can be avoided by COA\u2019s application of strict rules liberally but not in derogation of what the law requires and still within its ambit,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

He said that it was this side of the President, which \u201ccatapulted him to the presidency\u201d and changing his style would appease his critics.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor him to change the very endearing ways that have struck a chord with the masses of our people just to please and appease his critics and the opposition is akin to dreaming an impossible dream,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President is a forthright person and the more his critics and detractors lambast him on his style and action, the more he will stick to them,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, said that despite tirades against COA, the President still acknowledges its role in exposing corruption scandals within the government.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Duterte) always welcomes any information leading to the discovery of any corruption or scandal. He\u2019s been telling all of us that we have to cooperate with each other,\u201d Panelo said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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