MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has more than doubled the government's intelligence and confidential spending in his first budget proposal.
According to the Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing submitted together with the National Expenditure Program for next year, the Duterte administration will spend P1.6 billion in confidential expenses and P2.006 billion in intelligence funds.
These funds were at least doubled in the next budget because in 2016, confidential funds amounted to only P733 million while intel funds stood at just P852 million.
Among the offices which will get more intelligence funds are: the Philippine Drug Enforcement Administration, National Intelligence Coordinating Agency, Department of Transportation, Department of National Defense, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Philippine National Police, and the Office of the President.
Intelligence expenses refer to those related to intelligence information gathering activities of uniformed and military personnel and intelligence practitioners who have direct impact on national security.
Confidential funds can only be used with the approval of the department secretary concerned and progress reports on the projects funded from these funds have to be submitted to the President and Congress.
Other expenses that grew in the 2017 national budget are professional expenses, extraordinary expenses, communication, and representation.
There were slight decreases in the utility expenses.
The funds are broken down as follows:
Office of the President
- Confidential P1.25 billion
Intelligence P1.25 billion
- Professional P2.1 billion
DENR
- Confidential P13.9 million
- Extraordinary P11.3 million
- Professional P2.4 billion
DOF
- Confidential P30.5 million
- Extraordinary P34.6 million
- Professional P695 million
BOC
- Confidential P19.5 million
BIR
- Confidential P10 million
DILG
- Confidential P20.6 million
- Intelligence P306.02 million
- Extraordinary P7.7 million
- Professional P582 million
PNP
- Intelligence P306.02 million
DICT
-Confidential P600,000
- Extraordinary P4.4 million
DOJ
- Confidential P260.9 million
- Professional P380.7 million
DND
- Confidential P23 million
- Intelligence P346 million
Professional P164 million
Department of Transportation
- Confidential P11.5 million
- Intelligence P10 million
Anti-Money Laundering Council
- Confidential P5 million
Energy Rregulatory Commission
- Confidential P15 million
National Intelligence Coordinating Agency
- Confidential P1 million
- Intelligence P20.2 million
PDEA
- Intelligence P73 million
GRAND TOTAL:
- Professional P26.5 billion
- Extraordinary P1.098 billion
- Intelligence P2.006 billion
- Confidential P1.6 billion
Communication P9.5 billion
- Utility P13.7 billion
- Travelling P17.6 billion
- Representation P11.7 billion
SOURCE: ABS-CBN
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