Zubiri seeks revival of Senate panel probing confidential, intel funds

Senate President Migz Zubiri presides over the Senate plenary budget debates.

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MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri is pushing for the revival of a Senate panel that will investigate the use of confidential and intelligence funds of government agencies.

Zubiri filed Wednesday a resolution that seeks to create a Select Oversight Committee on Intelligence and Confidential Funds after former Senate President Franklin Drilon and former Sen. Panfilo Lacson called on the Senate to reactivate the panel.

“It is our job, as an independent and democratic Senate, to keep watch over the use of the national budget. That is especially true for these sensitive funds, which are not subject to the usual auditing rules and procedures of the Commission on Audit,” Zubiri said in a statement.

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