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26 Apr, 19 tweets, 4 min read
HAHAHAHAHA! Way to mislead people about the infrastructure spending to GDP .

This graph from a PIDS study shows which administration actually increased the infra spending.

Hahahaha! Pre-Aquino admin infra spending was the "anemic" one. Tumigil kayo with the half-truths
And look how ACTUAL infra to GDP ratio has deteriorated since 2016? Hahahahahaha!

They were riding on the institutional reforms introduced by former DPWH Secretary Babes Singson. But well, well, well, they failed to meet their own sustain the momentum.
Heck, they couldn't even meet their own targets, better yet stick to those targets.. Hahahaha!

These were their medium-term targets at the start, published in no less than the 2018 People's Budget
These are the revised targets tabulated also based on DBM data.

Of course, they're just gonna say it's either because of COVID or the delayed enactment of the 2019 GAA. But noooo, the truth is they lowered targets because DPWH and DOTr couldn't efficiently spend their funds>
They keep denying that underspending persists because of capacity problems.

But the truth is, the infra spending targets were lowered beginning in 2018 partly because of the cash-based budgeting reform.

Agencies budgets were reduced to levels based on capacity
Look no further than the COA audit reports to find out how DPWH and DOTr fared. What did COA say about DOTr?

In 2017, the DOTr was only able to disburse 25.6% of its funds due to “slow implementation of 144 locally funded and 9 foreign-assisted projects..."
What was the reason for the slow implementation?

It was "due to change in policy directions by political leaders and economic managers, projects put on hold pending decision by top management and delays in procurement”

Source? Page 1, 2017 COA Report on DOTr, Part II
How about DOTr's performance for 2018? COA said DOTr had “undisbursed amount of Php48,364,193,981 [that] is largely attributed to the 175 locally funded and 11 foreign-assisted projects with reported disbursements ranging only from 0-15 percent of the allotted budget.”
What's more, DOTr has an “unutilized balance of Php4.444B” which was “automatically reverted to the National Treasury”.

In other words, hindi nagamit kaya binalik sa Treasury.

Source: Page 34, 2018 COA Report on DOTr, Part II Observations and Recommendations
Build, Build, Build pala ha?

More like branding completed projects as such even though they were obligated (i.e. contracted out) by the previous administration.
COA's remark about the DOTr's performance for those two years was so scathing.

Ito and sabi ng COA: “the attainment of the expected benefits from these [DOTr] projects were delayed”...
But wait, there's more!

Sinabi rin ng COA that the “timely delivery of its [DOTr’s] mandated services, particularly the improvement of road safety by expanding safe, affordable and accessible public transport, was not achieved.”
Let's go to DPWH naman. Hindi naman nalayo sa observations ng COA about DOTr.

Despite improvements in obligation rates, DPWH “deprived the intended beneficiaries of the immediate access to safe and reliable road network systems, school buildings, health facilities...
DPWH also deprived beneficiaries of "reduced vulnerability to flooding” due to the delays and non-implementation of projects.

In 2018, DPWH failed to obligate Php55.9B worth of projects and managed to disburse only Php298.5B or 39.68% of its cash allocation.

COA pa rin iyan
Hahahahaha! It is so laughable their messaging. I should be pissed off kasi bordering on propaganda na ito.

My gosh. Posible bang mag-increase dramatically ang spending kung hindi nag-improve ng capacity those years before they came to power? Syempre hindi.
They kept adjusting their infra targets tapos nag-adjust na nga ng target, hindi pa nasustain ang momentum.
But ang galing mag-PR!

Then again, may COA reports at BESF naman. Gusto nyo ng hard data on the changing targets and actual expenditures. Check nyo ang mga iyan.
P.S.

BESF is short for Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing. It's a document that shows the macroeconomic assumptions and the fiscal program.

It is submitted by the Executive Branch to Congress along with the National Expenditure Program.
You'll find there sectoral disaggregation of the national budget, tax and non-tax revenue sources, loans and grants and also the IRA

BESF data for expenditures is always presented as a 3-year set - i.e., actual, projected for the year and target for the next fiscal year
The macroeconomic assumptions and the specifics of the fiscal program are also presented that way.

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26 Apr
Let me just explain why you can’t find project details in the SAROs.

First and foremost, SAROs issued by DBM to cover releases to LGUs from funds under Allocations to Local Government Units are not always one is to one as in one SARO per LGU especially if it’s a barangay.
Now, the NTF-ELCAC budget is under Allocations to Local Government Units. How is that fund released

Normally, the department that has oversight on the implementation of projects request the release of funds from DBM in batches or tranches.
Each batch will have its own project list attached to the special budget request submitted to DBM. That request is reviewed by DBM before a SARO is released.

For example, this 3B fund release. DBM will never release a SARO without a project list that shows at least a breakdown.
Read 12 tweets
26 Apr
I was watching the pre-SONA briefing, but I stopped. I can't stand the cherry picking.

I cringe at the SOF's statements on all the reforms they supposedly did which conveniently omitted supporting data and contexts. Ugh.

I'll continue reading @jcpunongbayan's thread na lang
Also, shouldn't they be reporting their accomplishments since this is a pre-SONA briefing?

What's the point of reporting all these plans and targets if they don't support it with hard data to show how those budgets and investment benefitted ordinary Filipinos?
Look at this slide on the vaccination program. So what if those are their targets?

I mean, c'mon, we received 3 million doses and,
@rapplerdotcom's vaccine tracker says 1.7 million has been administered.

Read 9 tweets
25 Apr
Keep the budget visuals like this coming hehehe

Would be nice to compare as well the total budget of OVP vs the Confidential and Intelligence Funds of the OP.

Btw, the total OVP budget for 2021 is actually Php900M. Nasa 2021 GAA ang figure - dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/upl…
I wonder where the Php673M figure came from. Maybe this is actual spending figure?

It's quite close to the OVP's budget for 2020 - nearly Php700M in the 2020 GAA - dbm.gov.ph/wp-content/upl…
It doesn't change the conclusion we can draw from this graph though.

Kahit Php900m 2021 OVP budget ang gamitin natin, or the 2020 OVP budget which is Php699.88m (to be exact), kapiranggot lang talaga iyon compared to the NTF-ELCAC funds.
Read 9 tweets
12 Apr
1/x Okay, here goes my factchecking. I will explain this in Taglish para mas madali maintindihan.

For context, magkano na ang total budget releases for COVID response. Ayon sa DBM report, umabot na daw ito ng 568B.
2/x Anong mga kasama sa 568B? Basically merong mga fund releases authorized under Bayanihan 1 and 2 such as cash transfers ng DSWD, wage subsidies ng DOLE, those coursed through SSS and other COVID-related health and operational expenditures.

Source: dbm.gov.ph/index.php/prog…
3/x Now let’s focus on ayuda, and by ayuda, I mean direct cash transfers to beneficiaries.

How much of the 568B under Bayanihan 1 and 2 went to that?

At least 300B went to ayuda. Those were released to DSWD, DOLE, SSS, etc. Check the DBM report if you want more details.
Read 29 tweets
29 Mar
1/x Those funds should have been spent and distributed already. Those were funds for last year’s needs!

Ibig sabihin lang nyan, hindi nakarating sa mga tao ang sinabi ng Kongreso na gamitin noong isang taon para sa ayuda.
2/x Important questions to ask:
1. Why do those funds remain unutilized to this day?

2. What is the magnitude of unutilized funds under Bayanihan 2?

3. What are those specific items?

4. Which agencies did not spend what they should already have spent last year?
3/x Remember that Bayanihan 2 was legislated LAST YEAR to give aid to those who were affected by the lockdowns LAST YEAR.

The onus of explaining why those funds remained unutilized to this day is on the agencies. Almost all of them have critical roles to play in the IATF!
Read 9 tweets
24 Mar
The loan agreements for vaccines haven’t been signed. So anong sinasabi nila na nasa bank ang pera?!🙄

Nasa bangko ng lender ganon?

There may be funds in the Treasury at the moment for other things, but not specifically for vaccines.

Liar, liar, pants on fire.
So paano nga magpoprocure ng vaccines in large quantities kung hindi pa signed ang loan agreements?

Kung ikaw ba may car loan at hindi pa napirmahan ang mortgage agreement, makukuha mo ba ang car mo? Of course not.
Never mind if it’s the lending institution that will directly pay the supplier later on.

No loan agreement, no SARO release from DBM.

No SARO release from DBM, no authority to award contract.

Ganon yun. Nasa GAA yun.
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