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LEYTE LAWMAKER ASKED FOR ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PEACE PROCESS

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 Dateline Kamuning  Leyte Rep. Richard Gomez has slammed the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation, and Unity (OPAPRU) over the lack of transparency and accountability in the decommissioning of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) combatants. Gomez, during Monday’s House briefing on the state of the peace process and peace and order situation in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), said the OPAPRU should have been more eagle-eyed in ensuring that the government is not placed at a disadvantage in the implementation of the normalization track of the peace agreement between the government and the MILF. “There should be accountability in the disbursement of government funds. The government cannot just allocate and release funds without being fully informed of who are the recipients of government support, without knowing who have availed of the decommissioning program. It is our duty as lawmakers and public leaders to scrutinize h...