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'Eh, walang batas providing for reasonable limitations.... So we have the right to demand full disclosure,' retired Supreme Court senior associate justice Antonio Carpio says
FORMER Associate Justice Antonio Carpio along with several lawyers and law students on Wednesday filed another petition before the Supreme Court seeking to declare unconstitutional the allocation, release and disbursement of confidential funds to various government agencies and departments. The petitioners also sought the issuance of a temporary restraining order…
This is the second petition challenging confidential funds. Another group of lawyers had already questioned the transfer of P125-million confidential funds to Vice President Sara Duterte in 2022.
MANILA, Philippines: A petition seeking the declaration of the confidential and intelligence funds unconstitutional has been filed before the Supreme Court.
(UPDATE) VICE President Sara Duterte has given up her office's request for a P500-million confidential fund (CF) to end the divisiveness it has generated.