Local Governance Update: DZIQ: ‘CoA monitors your expenses,’ DILG chief tells local officials - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

DZIQ: ‘CoA monitors your expenses,’ DILG chief tells local officials - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos: "A circular given to the Commission on Audit would be able to check expenses made by local government officials, Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo told Radyo Inquirer in an interview Thursday.

“While it may be true that we may not be able to monitor all the expenses, we have given a circular to the CoA which states the right amount that we think should be spent,” Robredo said.

Robredo said that the circular would be used as basis by the CoA to judge whether the expenses made by local officials were excessive or unjustified.

He said they had been more stringent with the rules and guidelines regarding the use of local funds, asking local officials to specify the businesses they would be using the money for."