“The Commission in Audit has a constitutional mandate to audit the Philippine Red Cross.”
What Vera Files found
As a non-government organization, the PRC is not subject to COA’s mandated audit of the annual spending and revenue of government agencies. However, COA can conduct a post-audit, or a review of the government’s transactions with private entities, such as the Red Cross.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Rodrigo Duterte (President) made this claim around 20 September 2021. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 28 September 2021, 8 days later. Its rating was “Needs Context”.
Rodrigo Duterte has 126 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 46 of them false or fake, 78 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://youtu.be/osJyaVQ0LAo?t=600
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Related checks
- Vera Files: Kailangan ng Konteksto“Ang Commission on Audit ay may mandato sa konstitusyon na i-audit ang Philippine Red Cross.”
- Vera Files: Kailangan ng Konteksto“Ang Philippine Red Cross ay maaaring i-audit ng gobyerno.”