DOJ will issue within this week a legal opinion on the Philhealth-Red Cross P100 million coronavirus tests deal. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said this contract review has the DOJ's "preferential attention." | via @lianbuan 
@lianbuan Guevarra said they are looking "particularly at the procurement issues" of the deal. Philhealth paid PH Red Cross an advance P100M. Audit rules, PhilHealth charter, and Bayanihan Law 1 prohibit advance payments, and only provide for reimbursements. | via @lianbuan
@lianbuan Guevarra said it was new Philhealth chief Dante Gierran who requested the DOJ review. | via @lianbuan
@lianbuan Guevarra said they are looking "more of the civil liability" in the contract. "It's all about the validity of MOA. DOJ opinion was requested by Philhealth before it makes a decision to pay its indebtedness to PH red cross," said Guevarra.
Procurement law has a penal clause.
Procurement law has a penal clause.
@lianbuan Guevarra said however that they are not ruling out criminal liability. "We are not ruling out anything until we have completed a thorough review of the subject MOA and laws applicable to the said deal," said the secretary. | via @lianbuan
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