OVP acquires CCTV at P200K each

COA REPORT SHOWS:

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Vice President Sara Duterte's office acquired seven CCTV units in 2024 at an average of P212,464 each, according to financial records released by state auditors on Monday, December 1.

The Commission on Audit's annual report for the OVP also listed the acquisition of 13 units of “laptops” valued at P3.92 million, or roughly P301,230 each. But the OVP said the entry for the “laptops” was a clerical error, and that the total actually pertains to 12 donated photocopiers valued at P3.82 million and one desktop computer for video editing valued at P92,000.

COA's report, released Monday, detailed P76.11 million in property, plant and equipment (PPE) acquisitions by Vice President Sara Duterte's office across 2024 and 2023, including vehicles, cameras, computer equipment and other assets.

They are specifically referred to as “acquisitions” because the equipment can either be purchased or donated. State auditors found Duterte's office did not follow government accounting rules in recording the donated photocopiers, overstating its accounts by P1.21 million part of a broader audit that also identified lapses in financial controls across the OVP's welfare programs.

COA did not flag OVP for any of its acquisitions in 2023 and 2024, aside from the accounting error in the donated photocopiers.

P200,000 PER CCTV UNIT

The seven “units of CCTV,” according to the audit document, totaled P1.484 million, making each over P212,464. These were among P36.85 million in equipment acquisitions by Duterte's office in 2024, according to the audit document.