THE CRITICS: WHAT IS CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS AND INTELLIGENCE FUNDS IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL

"WHAT IS CONFIDENTIAL

FUNDS AND INTELLIGENCE

FUNDS IN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL"

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WHAT ARE CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS AND INTELLIGENCE FUNDS AT WHO USE IT AND WHERE IT USE.?

Confidential funds in the Philippines are lump-sum budget allocations set aside in the national budget—the General Appropriations Act (GAA)—for sensitive surveillance and information-gathering activities. These expenses support the mandate and operations of civilian government agencies, particularly where public disclosure could compromise security or operational success.

Purpose and Guidelines

Guidelines set by joint government circulars (such as COA-DBM-Dalg-GCG-DND Joint Circular No. 2015-01) regulate how these funds are utilized:

Surveillance Activities: Tracking and uncovering illegal operations that pose clear dangers to agency personnel, property, or public safety.

Information and Rewards: Purchasing vital intelligence information or paying informants, subject to strict conditions and documentation.

Operational Maintenance: Renting safehouses, non-standard transport vehicles, or purchasing supplies required for covert actions.

Intelligence funds in the Philippines are lump-sum budget allocations designated for covert operations, information gathering, and surveillance activities by military, uniformed personnel, and authorized intelligence practitioners that directly impact national security.

Key Characteristics and Uses

Purpose: Used for national security, counter-terrorism, and vital information-gathering operations that cannot be safely or effectively disclosed to the public.

Users: Allocated primarily to uniformed and military services or agencies with explicit national security mandates.

Difference from Confidential Funds: While both are secret funds governed by Joint Circular No. 2015-01, intelligence funds are strictly for military, police, or uniformed personnel handling national security, whereas confidential funds are meant for surveillance by civilian government agencies.

ANG CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS AND INTELLIGENCE FUNDS AY GINAGAMIT PARA SA SEGURIDAD NG BANSA AT ANG DEP ED AT VP AY MAARING MAGKAROON NITO GAYUNMAN AYON SA COA ANG OVP AY HINDI DIRETSANG DAPAT BIGYAN NITO, ANG OVP AY NAGKAROON NITO MULA SA PERMISO NG PANGULO.

ANG COA AY NAGDISALLOW NG PONDO SA OVP DAHIL SA HINDI KUMPLETONG DOKUMENTO NA HINIHINGI NG COA. NGAYON ANG PAGDISALLOW NA ITO AY MAY PROSESO AT HINDI PA ITO FINAL AT EXECUTORY. NGAYON ANG ATING MAMBABATAS FROM LOWER HOUSE AY ETO PINAIMPEACH SIYA DAHIL SA PAGUSISA NILA NG PAGGAMIT NG PONDO NG OVP AT THE SAME NA HINDI MABIGYAN DI UMANO NG KAUKULANG PROOF ANG PAGGAASTA NG PONDO NG BAYAN FROM CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS AND INTELLIGENCE FUNDS.

HOW THE COA AUDIT THE CONFIDENTIAL AND INTEL FUNDS

Core Auditing and Accountability Rules

Strict Compliance: Agencies must show strict compliance with documentation rules, rather than loose or general compliance.

No Transfer of Cash Advances: Transferring cash advances from a Special Disbursing Officer (SDO) to another person or officer breaks the legal chain of accountability and is strictly prohibited (violating Item 6.1.1 of the circular).

Reward and Purchase Documentation: Reward payouts require clear proof of successful intelligence or surveillance operations. Purchases must be backed by valid official documentation rather than loose or informal acknowledgment receipts alone.

Personal Liability: If the Commission on Audit issues a notice of disallowance due to illegal allocation, missing proof, or procedural breaches, the duty to return the disallowed public funds falls personally upon the agency head and responsible signatories, rather than remaining an institutional obligation. [1,

Prohibited Uses

Section 4.11 explicitly bans the use of confidential funds for:
Regular government salaries, wages, overtime, additional compensation, allowances, or fringe benefits (unless specifically authorized by law).
Representation, consultancy, or entertainment expenses.
Constructing, renting, or acquiring regular buildings or housing structures]

Key Regulatory Framework and Rules

Governing Standard: Established via COA Joint Circular No. 2015-01 to unify scattered and inconsistent audit policies across national agencies, local governments, and government-owned corporations.

Chain of Accountability: Cash advances must be handled exclusively by a designated Special Disbursing Officer (SDO). Transferring these funds to other unauthorized personnel or security teams breaks the legal chain of accountability and constitutes a direct violation.

Permitted Expenses: Restricted strictly to surveillance, purchasing information relevant to national security/peace and order, renting safe houses/vehicles, and paying qualified rewards to non-employee informers with documented proof of success.

Prohibited Uses: Banned from covering regular government salaries, allowances, fringe benefits, representation or entertainment expenses, and infrastructure construction.

Documentation and Vault Rules: Classified supporting documents must be maintained and secured in agency vaults, subject to inspection by COA's Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (ICFAO) when circumstances require.

Rules on Aliases: The current joint circular is technically silent and does not explicitly prohibit or penalize the use of codenames or aliases on acknowledgment receipts, provided the funds are tied to legitimate operations (a subject of ongoing policy review).

ANG KANILANG ALEGASYON AYON SA FICTITIOUS NAMES AY HINDI NAMAN AY

ALLOWED NAMAN ITO IN COA.

ANG PAGGAMIT NG PONDO NG ATING OVP ON CONFIDENTAL FUNDS 73.28 AT 375 MILLION NA SINASABING WALANG KAUKULANG MATIBAY NA PATUNAY KUNG SAAN ITO GINASTA KAGAYA NG ACKNOWDELEMTN RECEITP AT PROOF OF SUCCESS ETC ETC...

ANG OPINYON NATIN SA ISYUNG ITO AY MALIIT LAMANG ANG 73.28 MILLION NA YAN AS CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS NA HINAHANAPAN NG RESIBO OR ANUMANG PATUNAY DAHIL SA PAMBAYAD PA LANG SA INTEL WORKS AY KULANG YAN ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES... SA ATING PANINGIN AY HINDI NAMAN MAGIISYU NG RESIBO ANG ISANG INTELLIGENCE OR INFORMER NILA KUNG BABAYARAN NILA SAPAT NA ANG PIRMA NILA SA ANUMANG DOCUMENT NG OVP SA PAGRECIEVE NILA NG PERA NA PARANG PAYROLL LIST LAMANG.

SA ATING PAGTINGIN SA PROOF OF SUCCESS GENERALLY AY MARAMING NAITALA ANG ATING NTF ELCAC AT AFP AT PNP NA MGA NAGSURENDER AT ANG KAAYUSAN HINDI NAMAN GANUON KAGULO SA ATING BANSA WIKA NGA AY NAGIGING PARANG ROUTINE PATROL LAMANG ANG INTEL GATHERING KUNG GANYANG WALANG THREATS O ANG IREREPORT NG INFORMANTS AY GUMAGANA ANG ATING PWERSA SA KAAYUSAN NO THREATS NA MASASAGAP DAHIL NAKAKAPAGPASUKO SILA, ANG REPORT NA WALANG ANUMANG NANGYAYARI AY PROOF OF SUCCESS GENERALLY KAHIT HINDI NAMAN MAGKACOORDINATE ANG MGA NASABING AHENSYA IN INTEL GATHERING.

WE HOPE UMIRAL ANG PATAS NA HUSTISAY SA IMPEACHMENT TRIAL AT ITONG PAGIISYU NG CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS SIGURO AY TANGGALIN NA LAMANG AT IBIGAY NA LAMANG SA AFP AT PNP ANG INTEL OPS.

DALANGIN NATIN SA MAKATARUNGAN AT MAKAPANGYARIHANG DIYOS AT PANGINOONG KRISTO JESUS ANG PATULOY NITONG PAGPROTEKTA AT PAGPAPAIRAL NG KATARUNGAN MULA SA GABAY NITO SA PAMAHALAAN AT KANYANG PAGHAHARI,

MULI ANG KALIWANAGAN NI MOTHER MARY AY GUMABAY SA ATING LAHAT MULA PAMAHALAAN AT MAMAMAYANG PILIPINO AT TALIMAIN ANG MABUTING BALITA AT ANG PAMAHALAAN AY MAMAMAHALA NG MABUTI AT ANG MAMAMAYAN AY SUMUNOD SA PAMAHALAAN SA GAYONG MAKAPAMUHAY TAYO NG MAPAYAPA AT AYON SA ATING KARAPATAN AT MAUNLAD NA PAMUMUHAY SA GITNA NG MGA TAONG LIKO LIKO ANG PAMUMUHAY.. WE ALL PRAY GOD ALWAYS PROTECT THE GOOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. GOD LIGHTS ALL...

MULI ANG KALIWANAGAN NG DIYOS AT KRISTO HESUS AT MOTHER MARY AY GUMABAY SA ATING BANSA MULA PAMAHALAAN AT BAYAN AT MAMUHAY NG MABUTI AT SA ITINAKDA NG DIYOS SA KINABUKASAN AY MAKAISA TAYO SA KANYANG GANAP NA PANGAKO O KAHARIAN O KOMUNIDAD O WIKA NGA INASAAM NG MARAMI EVEN IN PRACTICAL LIFE AY ANG PERFECT SOCIETY.

MAGKAISA SA KALIWANAGAN AT BUHAY AT MAMUHAY TAYO NG MAPAYAPA AT NANALIG SA DIYOS AT KRISTO HESUS SA GABAY NI MOTHER MARY AT ARAL NG BIBLE AT ATING SIMBAHAN ETC., ETC. KEEP FAITH TO GOD THRU JESUS CHRIST WITH MOTHER MARY LIGHTS AND GUIDANCE. ANG ESPIRITWAL NA PAALALA NA ITO NI MOTHER MARY PARA MANALIG SA DIYOS AY MAHALAGA TO UNITE ALL IN GOOD AND FAITH FOR SALVATIONS AT IADYA DIN SA ANUMANG KAPAHAMAKAN IN DAILY LIVES AT PAGSASAPRAKTIKA NG BIBLE AT PANANALIG SA DIYOS.

ANG GABAY NG ATING BANAL NA SANTA MARIA AY PALAGING SUMAATIN AT PAGKAISAHIN TAYO SA KAPAYAPAAN AT BUHAY AT PANANALIG SA ATING PANGINOONG DIYOS MULA KAY PANGINOONG KRISTO HESUS. NAWAY ANG GABAY NG KALIWANAGAN AT APARISYON NG ATING BANAL NA SANTA MARIA AY MAKAGABAY SA INYO SA MABUTING PAMUMUHAY.

GOD LIGHTS YOU ALL....