MANILA, Philippines — Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said he wants to know if the Governance Commission for Government-owned or-controlled Corporations (GCG) acted on the anomalies hounding the Philippine International Trading Corporation (PITC).
Drilon questioned GCG’s failure to discover the P33 billion in taxpayer’s money that was parked in the state-run firm PITC. The GCG evaluates the performances of government-controlled corporations, including the PITC.
“Ang itatatanong natin sa GCG, ‘ano ba ang ginawa ninyo?’ Although sila ay may examination ng PITC. Bumagsak ang PITC sa kanilang grado— 76 ang grade. Kaya po may mga consequences like hindi pwedeng bigyan ng performance bonus. So may ginawa din ang GCG. Ngunit, ang tanong bakit hindi nila nakita itong malaking pondong ito?” the senator, who flagged the PITC’s parked funds, said in an interview over DWIZ.
(We will ask the GCG what they did on PITC. PITC flunked their evaluation, which is at 76. There are consequences in failing like the employees won’t receive a performance bonus. So GCG did something but why didn’t they see these parked funds?)
The senate minority leader also said he would pursue the investigation into the questionable parked taxpayer money at the PITC.
If there is still time, Drilon said he will push through the investigation into the beleaguered PITC by December.
“Medyo wala na tayong panahon. If we can have time between December 7 to December 15, isisingit ko po kung makakaya kong isingit iyong imbestigasyon [sa PITC],” he said when asked when he plans to begin the investigation.
(We don’t have much time this year. If we can have time between Dec. 7 to Dec. 15, we can start the investigation if we can.)
Congress will adjourn its session on Dec. 19 for its month-long Christmas break.
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