Senator Win Gatchalian lauded the President’s commitment to fiscal discipline and efforts to ensure that every peso of the people’s money is spent wisely and aligned with the administration’s priority programs under the National Expenditure Program (NEP).
The President, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), ordered a review and audit of the government’s flood control projects following extensive flooding in many areas amid torrential rains that affected many areas in the country.
“Malinawang ang sinabi ng Pangulo na hindi niya palalampasin ang mga tiwali. Dapat lang na kasuhan at ipakulong ang mga sangkot sa katiwalian, lalo na sa imprastruktura,” Gatchalian said.
“Dapat hindi ginagalaw ang pondo ng bayan nang walang kabuluhan dahil bawat sentimo ay dapat mapunta sa tunay na serbisyo at proyekto para sa taumbayan,” he added.
The President ordered the DPWH to list all flood control projects from the past three years and tasked the Regional Project Monitoring Committee to flag failed, incomplete, or ghost projects. He vowed to release the list and conduct an audit to ensure public funds were properly spent.
The Bench Files 
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