We will go to the bottom of this,” Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a Palace briefing. READ: Andaya bares favored Palace contractorAsked if the Palace sees irregularity in the award of billion-peso contracts to a single firm, Panelo said there should be an invetigation first. Andaya also alleged that Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno was behind the P75-billion “insertion” in the proposed P3.8-trillion national budget for 2019 without President Rodrigo Duterte’s consent. ADVERTISEMENT“The Palace believes in the competence and integrity of Secretary Diokno. Unless those who allege can show us competent proof to the country, the presumption of competence and integrity in the part of Secretary Diokno prevails,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 12, 2018 06:33 UTC