Sara Duterte claims COA denied due process in secret fund disallowance

MANILA, Philippines – Vice President Sara Duterte argued she was denied due process when the Commission on Audit (COA) issued a notice of disallowance on the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) P73.28 million confidential fund spending in 2022, raising the claim in her appeal that state auditors later dismissed as “bereft of merit.” Duterte’s