DOJ: Unliquidated cash advance only P890k, not P617M

The Department of Justice on Tuesday denied accumulating P617.44 million in unliquidated cash advances based on a Commission on Audit financial report last year.

 

The agency issued the clarification following a front page report from the Manila Standard Today on Monday pertaining to supposed "top executives" in the Aquino administration who allegedly "owe" the COA billions of pesos in public funds due to unliquidated cash advances.

 

According to the report, the DOJ ranked fifth among agencies with the biggest unliquidated cash advances, supposedly amounting to P617.44 million.

 

"This is to inform the public, that, as of this date, nearly all unliquidated cash advances in the Department of Justice-Office of the Secretary Proper have already been liquidated," said the DOJ in a statement.

 

The DOJ added that these cash advances pertained to confidential funds, including the Witness Protection Program. The liquidations are currently awaiting credit advice from the COA-Central Office, the DOJ added.

 

The DOJ said that its only remaining unliquidated cash advances for 2013 are:

 

 

"Bot are now being processed for liquidation. The COA resident auditor can attest to the foregoing facts," the DOJ assured the public. — Mark Merueñas/RSJ, GMA News