Mikey Arroyo hasn’t liquidated pork–COA

Former Pampanga and Ang Galing Pinoy Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo. FILE PHOTO

MANILA, Philippines—Former Pampanga and Ang Galing Pinoy Rep. Juan Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo channeled P1.955 million of his pork barrel to a questionable nongovernment organization that failed to liquidate the fund, according to the Commission on Audit.

In the 2012 audit report on the Technology Resource Center (formerly Technology and Livelihood Resource Center), the son of former President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo gave the sum to KKAMFI in March 2010. The COA report was released last Oct. 3.

It was also KKAMFI that received P525.679 million from other legislators based on the COA Special Report on the Priority Development Assistance Fund dated Aug. 14, which was made public by COA chair Grace Pulido-Tan.

State auditors said the NGO had submitted three different office addresses, one of which could not be found.

Arroyo’s pork allotment to TRC has not been liquidated to this day, prompting the COA to require the agency to comply immediately.

The COA likewise noted another P100,000 fund release from Arroyo to Guagua Municipal Employees Multi-purpose Cooperative, which has remained unliquidated.—Cynthia D. Balana