Watch: Loren Legarda, 20 Billion of Yolanda Funds Not Given by Aquino Admin

Sen. Loren Legarda, chair of the Senate committees on finance and climate change, said the past administration failed to release before the end of Aquino’s term P20.7 billion of the total P25.6 billion earmarked for shelter support for Yolanda victims. She identified “bureaucratic red tape” as the main culprit for the delay: “Too many permits and signatures for everything, the lack of proactive, complete staff work attitude, and fear of the COA (the Commission on Audit) perhaps.”

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