Manila, Aug. 4 -- House of Representatives prosecutor and Bicol Saro Party-list Rep. Terry Ridon said it was "audacious" for officials of the Office of the Vice President (OVP) and the Department of Education (DepEd) to allegedly seek a less formal audit action from the Commission on Audit (COA).

At a press briefing Tuesday, Ridon said the officials had no place asking COA to issue an "audit query" instead of an Audit Observation Memorandum (AOM) if deficiencies were found in the confidential fund submissions.

"Medyo makapal ang mukha ng mga involved doon sa OVP at Department of Education (Those involved at the OVP and DepEd are somewhat thick-skinned) to even ask an audit query from the Commission on Audit," Ridon said.

He added that...