Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BLLNO,__0209

Introduced by Rep. Winston “Winnie” Castelo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

“Too many stairs and back doors make thieves and whores", Balthazar Gerbler
did say.

‘The Philippine administrative system or bureaucracy so-called over many years
may have unwittingly been under heavy infestation of public officials ss well as private
indhiduals into the near ‘art’ or near ‘science’ of corruption that has plagued state
agencies, bureaus, and offices, Nothing'can seem to stop this vicious bureaucratic orgy.

Time to put an end to the feast and kill the beast.

‘This instant bill pute a surefire stop to embezdement of public funds by
constituting the Commission on Audit, the Office of the Ombudeman and the Committes
on Oversight of Congress into a tripartite body with that singleness of purpose, namely —
to run after corrupt officials and private individuals and hold them to account.

‘Audit is cructal. It will remain to be 90 through @ no-nonsense approach that
yields together the capacities of three institutions into a merged one — more committed,
more dedicated, and more bound by conacience than by instruction,

‘Thereby, no more test of wilila. Let good governance pass the Mmnus test by
calling 8 spade a spade. It is time to stand on the moral high ground of righteousness, if
‘we 98 @ people, can. it Is time to draft the true code of conduct in public service that
‘should de better in its praxds than in ite text,

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‘shall take definitive action on financial snd compkance reports and
Performance audits

‘shall conduct public hearings on all major audits of state agencies to review
Problems, assoes agency stewardehi, and secure remedial ection

‘and cause review of management and program audits and

estore

‘shall make recommendations for corrective lagislation and other measures to
remedy weaknesses disclosed through audits or at council meetings

hall monitor agency progress in implementing corrective action

‘shall ensure that public funds would have proper and full accounting and that
Raneactione are traneperert and coneistert with sound bidding and auxiting

requirements
10. shalt send public officials or private individuals found to have embezzied
Public funds to serve sentence in jal, pay fines, and reimburse to the
government ail sume of money siphoned off from anomalous transactions
11. shel ahi to adopt the vistoril syeiem epproach in auditing and do away with
‘uct approach

12. ahah note Zo a poo of pea in various fields to Ineure htegry ofthe
council waiving thereby COA's ten-year requirement of practice of profession
in the case of certified public public accountants and lawyers

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7, Unnecessary, excossive, extravagant,

‘or unconscionable expenditures, or usee of goverment funds and properties”

14. shall eliminate if not totally eradicate practices inimical to good govemance
such as but not imited to ireguier transactions, iost finds, ghost

re. 4. Under this Act, there is neither new office created thereby nor any new
funds appropriated to carry out the provision of this: Act. However, jet the

SEC. 5. All issuances, laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or parts
thereof not consistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SEC. 8, This Act shail take effect thirty (30) days folowing its publication in the
Official Gazette and in at leet three (3) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,