The Dark Side of Democracy was first published by Foreign Policy. Written by Katherine Ellena and Erica Shein. We need to talk about the dark side of money in politics. Dirty money. Foreign money. Illicit, opaque, crypto, gray and black. We need to talk about this murky spectrum, because it wreaks havoc on our democracies. In recent weeks the U.S., the E.U. and others have
Published December 14, 2020, 6:30 AM
The government through its auditing agency is set to improve its systems to regulate coronavirus-related expenses.
Commission on Audit disclosed its plan last week to team up with members of civil society organizations to comply with the procurement regulations mandated under the Bayanihan Act. Commission on Audit (COA)
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COA Chair Michael Aguinaldo said that online capacity-building activities for citizen-led auditors will be conducted and they will be assigned to specific audit teams as citizen partners.
Aguinaldo was a guest speaker at the online Pilipinas Conference organized by Stratbase Albert del Rosario Institute.
He presented his revolutionary concept aligned with the theme “Opportunities within the Covid-Crisis: Towards Transparent and Accountable Governance”.