COA credibility under a cloud

THE inclusion of some state auditors in the newest graft case filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) over the alleged abuse of pork barrel funds bolstered suspicions that the questionable release of Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) would not have happened without the collusion of Commission on Audit (COA) officials, a Palace official said on Friday.

Deputy presidential spokesman Abigail Valte said they were well aware that even COA Chairman Grace Pulido-Tan had ordered an internal inquiry on the possible involvement of some COA auditors in the PDAF scam.