By Perla Lena – PNA
ILOILO CITY — Village officials, from barangay captains down to the chairpersons of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) in this city, must comply with the full disclosure policy or take the risk of not getting their PHP5,000 Performance Enhancement Incentive (PEI).
In an interview Wednesday, lawyer Ferdinand Panes, Director of the Department of the Interior and Local Government’s (DILG) office here, said since there is no specific gauge in their performance, they have an agreement with the City Accounting Office (CAO) that barangays should be compliant with the mandated full disclosure policy.
This includes posting of financial documents in bulletin boards and conspicuous places. The documents include the annual budget, procurement for the quarter and the use of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) fund.
The CAO will require barangays to submit a certification from the DILG that they have complied with the full disclosure policy during the preparation of the PEI.
“If there is a release of PEI but there is no specific guideline, then we will be using that as supporting documents,” he said.
Panes said though that compliance to the full disclosure policy is mandatory.
“They will be having administrative liabilities if they could not comply,” he added.
In addition to village officials and SK chairpersons, also qualified to receive the PEI are barangay secretaries and treasurers.
