{"id":217426,"date":"2019-06-04T23:10:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T03:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=217426"},"modified":"2019-06-04T23:10:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T03:10:33","slug":"panelo-may-ask-hudcc-to-explain-alleged-marawi-fund-diversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/04\/panelo-may-ask-hudcc-to-explain-alleged-marawi-fund-diversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Panelo may ask HUDCC to explain alleged Marawi fund diversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_216881\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-216881\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/panelo1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-216881\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/panelo1-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/panelo1-1.png 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/panelo1-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-216881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Panelo admitted that he has yet to read the Commission on Audit (COA) report, but will consider writing the HUDCC asking the agency to explain the reason for this fund diversion. (File photo of Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he may consider asking the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to explain the PHP5 million it allegedly diverted to the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF).<\/p>\n<p>Panelo admitted that he has yet to read the Commission on Audit (COA) report, but will consider writing the HUDCC asking the agency to explain the reason for this fund diversion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst, I want to see the COA findings and then maybe I will write HUDCC regarding it,\u201d Panelo told reporters in an interview after a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n<p>In an audit report, the COA found that HUDCC signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the NCMF, transferring the amount to the agency to fund a 2018 Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.<\/p>\n<p>COA pointed out the amount was taken from the PHP500-million fund from the Office of the President (OP) which it allocated to HUDCC for Marawi City rehabilitation projects.<\/p>\n<p>It noted that the purpose of the fund transfer was \u201cnot among the authorized expenses enumerated in the original MOA between OP and HUDCC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Panelo, who is also Chief Presidential Legal Counsel, said that if the COA audit report is true, then HUDCC could face raps for technical malversation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would be technical malversation\u00a0<em>kung totoo. Hindi pa natin alam<\/em>\u00a0(if it\u2019s true. But we don\u2019t know that yet),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll ask the HUDCC to explain\u00a0<em>kung totoo yun o hindi<\/em>\u00a0(if it\u2019s true or not). But I think they will already explain\u00a0<em>kasi<\/em>\u00a0(because) COA has raised it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said he may consider asking the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) to explain &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":216881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":217428,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217426\/revisions\/217428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}