Ombudsman Samuel Martires on Tuesday expressed assist for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s name to amend the Procurement regulation, saying the present system in place places the federal government at an obstacle.
“There is indeed a need to revisit the procurement law. The bond requirement must be studied carefully. It increases the price of supplies and equipment to the prejudice of the government,” Martires stated in an announcement in response to the Chief Executive’s name for such throughout his second State of the Nation Address on Monday.
Martires stated that if a authorities company wanted to buy a car with a market worth of P1 million, the price for the federal government company can be pegged at P1.2 to P1.4 million because of the bind.
“Isn’t that insane?” Martires identified.
In addition, Martires stated the procurement regulation is turning into a profitable supply of revenue for corrupt authorities officers and that the Procurement Services unit of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) ought to be abolished.
“The law creating the PS-DBM must be repealed. This office becoming a source of creative government officials who want to increase their earningstires said.
“It is about time we abolish PS-DBM,” Martires added.
Back in March, Ombudsman Martires positioned at the least 23 PS-DBM officers underneath preventive suspension for six months over alleged anomalous procurement of pandemic provides in 2020 and 2021.
Among these suspended was Overall Deputy Ombudsman Warren Rex Liong, previously the procurement group director of the Department of Budget and Management – Procurement Service (PS-DBM) allegedly concerned within the following purchases:
- 8,000 items of BGI Real Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kits totalling P600 million coated by Purchase Order (PO) No. PO20-00210-CSE dated April 23, 2020
- 2,000 items of A* Star Fortitude RT-PCR Test kits price P688 million coated by PO No. PO20-00211-CSE dated April 23, 2020
- 41,400 items of BGI Real Time Fluorescent RT-PCR kits amounting to round P2.87 billion coated by PO No. PO20-00286-CSE dated June 9, 2020
Martires, nevertheless, is okay with the Auditing Code as it’s.
“I leave it to the Chair of COA (Commission on Audit) who in my opinion is doing good. I leave it to Chair Cordoba, the Commissioners, and the auditors, who are the experts in this field,” he stated.
“But if you want to quote me, I am satisfied with the present auditing code. I have no complaint,” he added. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
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