“Confidential funds in the annual national budget may be used to repair the roof of classrooms destroyed by typhoons.”
What Vera Files found
A 2015 Commission on Audit (COA) set of guidelines defines confidential expenses as lump sum amounts for “surveillance activities in civilian government agencies.” It categorically states that “in no case shall (confidential or intelligence funds) be used for … construction or acquisition of buildings or housing structures.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Juan Miguel Zubiri made this claim around 7 November 2022. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 1 December 2022, 24 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Juan Miguel Zubiri has 4 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 3 of them false or fake, 1 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- legacy.senate.gov.phhttps://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2022/1107_prib1.asp
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This check was done by Vera Files, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.