Belmonte seeks power to audit for House

To stop misuse of government funds, the leadership at the House of Representatives is considering forming a committee that will audit state agencies and local government units (LGUs).

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Monday proposed the creation of a committee on public accounts and audit, a panel which will have the power to call and hold to account all national government agencies, LGUs, government-owned and -controlled corporations and other state instrumentalities for their use of public funds, and to undertake legislative action to improve transparency of government operations.