Taguig City Rep. Alan Peter Cayetano said Tuesday he will file a resolution calling for a congressional investigation on how the funds appropriated under Bayanihan 1 and 2 had been used.
Cayetano, a former Speaker, said he and the other members of his Independent Bloc will file the resolution anytime this week.
“Today, latest tomorrow, we’re going to file a resolution… Basically, we want to inquire into Bayanihan 1 and 2 and use that inquiry also in the discussion of the Bayanihan 3,” Cayetano said at a news conference.
“In other words, what is right in Bayanihan 1 and 2 should be included in Bayanihan 3. If there were mistakes, those should be corrected. The government must answer if there are funds that have not yet been released.”
Cayetano said a congressional inquiry in aid of legislation was necessary to assess which programs under the Bayanihan 1 and 2 were effective or not.
It is also intended to find out how the assistance under the social program was distributed to beneficiaries.
“I’ve learned that there are still a lot of SAP appeals and billions are still in the bank [account] of the DSWD. We are pushing for a P10,000 cash assistance and for a Bayanihan 3 yet there are still funds under Bayanihan 1 and 2,” Cayetano said.
Cayetano’s group earlier filed House Bill 8697 as it sought to create the Bangon Pamilyang Pilipino Assistance Program, which will provide beneficiaries with P1,500 cash assistance per family member or P10,000 per household, whichever is higher.