Who else signed OVP receipts for P125M confidential funds besides Mary Grace Piattos?

As expected, the prosecution in the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte on Monday presented Mary Grace Piattos as one of the names in the acknowledgment receipts that covered the release of P125 million worth of confidential funds in the last days of December 2022.

Who else signed for the questioned releases?

In his testimony before the impeachment court, prosecution witness and former Commission on Audit-Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office COA-ICFAO) State Auditor Roderick Wamil said the following names appeared in the acknowledgment receipts.

The OVP submitted the documents to the COA to liquidate its P125 million in confidential funds disbursed within 11 days in December 2022.

1. Mary Grace Piattos
2. Renan Piattos
3. Mico Harina
4. Nova Santos
5. Janice Marie Revilla
6. Patty Ting
7. Andy Lim
8. Alejandro Pikit
9. Feonna Biong
10. Sisfrunio Balsac and
11. Gabriel Bisaya

Wamil flagged the following releases as non-compliant of 2015 Joint Circular, which governs the use of confidential funds.

• P70,000 received by Mary Grace Piattos for payment of medicine
• P110,000 received by Renan Piattos dated December 27, 2023, which was not covered by the 2022 confidential fund allocation
• P85,000 received by Nova Santos for purchase of various goods
• P295,000 received by Mico Harina dated December 31, 2023, which was not covered by the 2022 confidential fund allocation
• P50,000 received by Andy Lim dated December 27, 2023, which was not covered by the 2022 confidential fund allocation
• P70,000 received by Gabriel Bisaya dated December 27, 2023, which was not covered by the 2022 confidential fund allocation
• P90,000 received by Alejandro Pikit dated December 21, 2023, which was not covered by the 2022 confidential fund allocation, among others.

–NB, GMA News