Why this status: Evidence has been formally presented or accepted in the record for this claim (e.g. an official filing, an authenticated recording, or an audit finding). This describes the strength of the paper trail, not a verdict of guilt or innocence.
Were the OVP and DepEd entitled to receive confidential funds, and were those allocations properly approved?
Defense: no rule barred OVP or DepEd from receiving the funds
On cross-examination on Day 15, the defense elicited from COA-ICFAO state auditor Xylene Mae del Campo that Joint Memorandum Circular 2015-01 contains no prohibition on either the Office of the Vice President or the Department of Education receiving confidential funds; that, based on the documents submitted to COA, the Office of the President approved the OVP's fourth-quarter 2022 confidential funds; and that the OVP's 2023 confidential funds were provided for in the General Appropriations Act.
Claimed by Xylene Mae del Campo — State Auditor, Commission on Audit - Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (COA-ICFAO) (Witness)
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Witness statement
WitnessOn cross-examination on Day 15, the defense elicited from COA-ICFAO state auditor Xylene Mae del Campo that Joint Memorandum Circular 2015-01 contains no prohibition on either the Office of the Vice President or the Department of Education receiving confidential funds; that, based on the documents submitted to COA, the Office of the President approved the OVP's fourth-quarter 2022 confidential funds; and that the OVP's 2023 confidential funds were provided for in the General Appropriations Act.
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“May prohibition ho ba sa JC on the office of the vice president receiving confidential funds? Wala po.”
Editor’s note
Elicited by the defense on cross-examination. Entitlement to RECEIVE the funds is a separate question from whether they were lawfully spent and liquidated, which is what COA's disallowances address.
Evidence tiers, explained
The official record of the proceeding itself: session video (VODs) and transcripts, filed pleadings, court orders and rulings, admitted exhibits.
An official or primary document from outside the proceeding: an agency report (e.g. a COA audit), an official order or gazette entry, an authenticated original statement.
Reporting that describes primary material rather than being it — one step removed from the record, whoever the publisher is.
Commentary, analysis, or opinion: an editorial, column, press release, social-media post, or other advocacy or self-published take.
A publicly circulating claim whose provenance cannot be traced to any of the tiers above; never used to set a claim's status.