Fund for federalism returned to boost Covid-19 funding: Andanar
By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos
MANILA – The remaining funds earmarked for roadshows promoting the government’s proposed federalism have been returned to the Bureau of Treasury to augment the budget for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) response, Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin Andanar said on Tuesday. ”Any downloaded roadshow funds from the past year have either already been spent or have been returned to the country’s treasury to financially assist the programs and actions against Covid-19,” Andanar said in a statement.
the Senator the facts of the matter at hand. It is inaccurate to state that the government is spending on and conducting federalism roadshows amid the Covid-19 crisis in the country and that the PCOO and DILG have failed to come up with and implement a communication plan for the Covid-19 Andanar made the remarks crisis. We strongly state that this is not as he refuted the claim of Senator the case,” he said. Nancy Binay that the PCOO and the Department of the Interior and Local Binay, in a statement on Monday, Government (DILG) are focused on urged PCOO and DILG to drop its the signature campaign for Charter signature campaign for Cha-cha Change (Cha-cha). and instead focus on an aggressive informative drive on Covid-19. Andanar said that while the government is open to constructive She added that PCOO and criticisms, it needs to correct Binay’s DILG should redirect their federalism “inaccurate” statement. roadshow budgets and prioritize public health interests to prevent a possible “We would like to clarify with surge of Covid-19 infections.
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