Commission on Audit (COA)
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Based on the 2019 audit of the High Court, “out of the 48 infrastructure projects on the Halls of Justice for calendar years 2016 to 2019, 39 projects or 81.25 percent were not constructed or repaired.”
The state auditors also noted that five projects or 10.42 percent were not yet completed since 2016, and four projects or 8.33 percent were completed but beyond the scheduled dates of completion.
“The causes were due to inadequate planning, slow procurement activities, lack of coordination with LGUs concerned/Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), and lack of technical personnel, resulting in idle/unutilized funds of P3.902 billion, denoting a low absorptive capacity of the agency in the efficient and effective utilization of its budgets for infrastructure projects funded under the General Appropriations Acts (GAA),” the report said.