[The Slingshot] Sara’s P500 million discombobulates

[The Slingshot] Sara’s P500 million discombobulates

By Antonio J. Montalvan II
Rappler.com

For the ordinary layperson to fathom the enormity of her confidential funds, here’s what it means: it’s like spending P1.4 million every day while average Filipino families with five members only have P279.30 per day for food, or P18.62 per meal per person.

And here’s more for the ordinary person on the street to fathom: the P1.4 million you can spend every day is spent without showing ANY receipt. That is why the Commission on Audit cannot even audit how this titanic amount will be spent. It is exactly akin to giving the money to the government agency gratis like a blank check.

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