CLAIM: The Commission on Audit has cleared the vice president of any wrongdoing
RATING: Missing context
A Facebook user falsely claimed that the Office of the Vice President (OVP) was declared to be an example of “clean and honest” government by the Commission of Audit (COA) in 2023.
In a Facebook reel, the user posted a screenshot of COA’s transmittal letter of its audit of the finances of the office of Vice President Sara Duterte.
The post highlighted the statement “In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of OVP as at December 31, 2023.”
The reel was also misleadingly captioned with the words, “VP Sara has Clean and Honest Government according to COA.”
While COA did provide an “unmodified opinion” of the OVP’s financial statements, this does not clear the office of irregularities.
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