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OVP Submitted Only Acknowledgment Receipts, Auditor Says
State Auditor Roderick Wamil testified that the OVP submitted only acknowledgment receipts for its confidential funds, with no official receipts or sales invoices. The impeachment trial also heard that guidelines are silent on the use of aliases.
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The Office of the Vice President submitted only acknowledgment receipts – not official receipts or sales invoices – to support purchases charged to its confidential funds, State Auditor Roderick Wamil testified during the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte.
Senator-judge Francis Pangilinan pressed Wamil on his earlier testimony that the acknowledgment receipts were not backed by documents showing payment. Wamil said the OVP's 125-million peso confidential fund was supported by more than 800 acknowledgment receipts. Not a single official receipt or sales invoice was submitted, he said.
Separately, Wamil told Senator Bam Aquino that existing government guidelines are "silent" on whether aliases may be used in receipts for confidential funds. Aquino had asked whether the Commission on Audit permits codenames for fund recipients. Wamil said it is neither allowed nor prohibited because the guidelines say nothing on the matter.