He could probably afford it.
“The Commission on Audit (COA) has disapproved for being ‘illegal and irregular’ the P10 million channeled by Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to a livelihood project in Nakar town, Quezon province, through a foundation headed by pork barrel scam whistle-blower Benhur Luy,” reports Gil C. Cabacungan in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The report specified that “COA audit team leader Romeo B. Limara and supervising auditor Wilhelmina R. Cabuhat have issued “a notice of disallowance to Nakar Mayor Leovegildo R. Ruzol on June 30, ordering the return of Marcos’ PHP10 million, which was drawn from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and transferred to Luy’s Social Development Program for Farmers Foundation Inc. (SDPFFI) for the implementation of a project called “organic farming for high value crops.”
The COA found the SDPFFI’s physical and legal existence was “questionable” because its address on its local government and tax registration certificates was a residential house at South City Homes in Biñan town, Laguna province (the same village where Napoles lived before she moved to Ayala Alabang).
Based on records posted on the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website, the PHP10-million allocation for Nakar was part of the PHP65 million Marcos earmarked for towns from his 2012 PDAF allocations.
The report revealed that “Marcos did not respond to the Inquirer’s request for comment.”
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