TEDDY CASIÑO JOINS MOTION FOR A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER (TRO) VS UNUSED PHILHEALTH FUNDS
October 16, 2024
I, together with other Bayan Muna leaders, are filing a motion in the Supreme Court today for a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to prevent the transfer of the remaining Php 60 Billion Philhealth funds to various pork barrel projects under the national budget’s Unprogrammed Appropriations.
We previously filed a petition in the SC to declare as unconstitutional the bloating of the Unprogrammed Fund in the 2024 General Appropriations Act, to include the siphoning of GOCC funds like Philhealth’s to a lump sum item for unidentified pork barrel projects in the Unprogrammed Fund. This motion is in accordance with that Petition.
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We need to protect the Philhealth budget from possibly being illegally disbursed for pork and election-related projects. As citizen-taxpayers and Philhealth members, we Petitioners have the duty to safeguard public resources and prevent its dissipation into improper or unconstitutional purposes.
Health professionals and even former health secretaries have already raised red flags over this transfer of much needed funds for health services.
The timing of this transfer, just months before the national and local elections, raises very serious concerns. Without the urgent issuance of a TRO, the remaining Php 59.9 billion of Philhealth is at risk of being used in projects to be used to boost the image of candidates favored by the Marcos Administration.
Ang bawat pisong inaalis mula sa mahahalagang serbisyo tulad ng kalusugan ay isang pagtataksil sa tiwala ng publiko. Dapat nating protektahan ang natitirang pondo para sa benepisyo ng mga tao, hindi para sa mga pansariling interes ng mga politiko.#
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