Hontiveros Admits Signing of Documents to Release ₱10.6-B Fund to Garin, But….
Former PhilHealth executive and now Senator Risa Hontiveros admits signing of documents related to the diversion of ₱10.6 billion PhilHealth fund intended for senior citizens but denied she benefited from doing so.
Hontiveros aired her side following a viral fake news that claims she proliferated the calling for the resignation of Solicitor general Jose Calida.
The Commission on Audit (COA) earlier said that the ₱10.6 billion fund intended for senior citizens was diverted to the Department of Health (DOH), by then secretary Janet Garin. Hontiveros was the head of PhilHealth that time.
“The records will bear me out. Although I signed the documents, I never benefited from it. Everything was a normal process and based on the agency’s protocols,” Hontiveros said in a statement.
“That’s why I’m calling on our health officials to get their act together and explain to the public the records, course of activities and the overall paper trail of the government’s big-ticket health programs,” she added.
Hontiveros also criticized Calida anew, who she accused of benefiting from the government contracts that his security agency’s bagged.
“Hindi po tayo kagaya ni Mr. Calida na milyon-milyon ang naibulsang pera ng kanyang negosyo mula sa mga kontrata sa gobyerno,” the lawmaker said.
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The Commission on Audit (COA) earlier said that the ₱10.6 billion fund intended for senior citizens was diverted to the Department of Health (DOH), by then secretary Janet Garin. Hontiveros was the head of PhilHealth that time.
“The records will bear me out. Although I signed the documents, I never benefited from it. Everything was a normal process and based on the agency’s protocols,” Hontiveros said in a statement.
“That’s why I’m calling on our health officials to get their act together and explain to the public the records, course of activities and the overall paper trail of the government’s big-ticket health programs,” she added.
Hontiveros also criticized Calida anew, who she accused of benefiting from the government contracts that his security agency’s bagged.
“Hindi po tayo kagaya ni Mr. Calida na milyon-milyon ang naibulsang pera ng kanyang negosyo mula sa mga kontrata sa gobyerno,” the lawmaker said.
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