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                                                                                                                STATUS OF
                                                                                                            IMPLEMENTATION/
REFERENCE                OBSERVATION                                   RECOMMENDATION
                                                                                                               RESULTS OF
                                                                                                               VALIDATION
2022 AAR     Excess funds totaling ₱2,181,409.00             23. The Municipal Accountant provide the       Unimplemented
AO No. 10,   received from the National Government as           Municipal Treasurer with the records of     Management
Page 46      financial assistance for the Typhoon Odette        unutilized funds intended for COVID-19      commented that they had
             victims and Province of Negros Oriental            response and the victims of Typhoon         partially implemented
             for COVID-19 related-expenditures were             Odette so that the latter can promptly      the recommendation.
             not returned to the Source Agency (SA)             return these funds to the SA, in
             contrary to Section 4.9 of COA Circular            accordance with Section 4.9 of COA
             No. 94-013 dated December 13, 1994 and             Circular 94-013 dated December 13,
             Section 3.8 of Department of Budget and            1994, and Section 3.8 of DBM LBC No.
             Management (DBM) Local Budget                      141 dated December 28, 2021.
             Circular (LBC) No. 141 dated December
             28, 2021, depriving the SA of using the
             funds for projects, programs, and activities.


2022 AAR     The Municipal Government failed to return       24. The Municipal Accountant provide the       Implemented
AO No. 11,   to the Bureau of the Treasury the unutilized       Municipal Treasurer with the records of
Page 47      balances of the Priority Development               unutilized PDAF so that the latter could
             Assistance Fund (PDAF) amounting to                immediately return the same to the Bureau
             ₱554,767.59, which remained outstanding            of Treasury, in accordance with the
             for nine (9) years, for reversion to the           Supreme Court Decision under G.R No.
             unappropriated surplus of the general fund         209251.
             of the national government as ordered by
             the Supreme Court in its En Banc Decision
             promulgated under G.R. Nos. 208566,
             208493, and 209251 dated November 19,
             2013, which declared the PDAF
             unconstitutional, thus depriving the
             national government of using the funds for
             other legitimate purposes.



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