ILOILO City – Village officials, from barangay captains down to the chairpersons of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) in this city, must comply with the full disclosure policy or risk not getting their P5,000 Performance Enhancement Incentive (PEI).
Since there is no specific gauge in their performance, barangay officials entered into an agreement with the City Accounting Office (CAO) that barangays should be compliant with the mandated full disclosure policy, said Atty. Ferdinand Panes, director of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Iloilo City.
This included posting of financial documents in bulletin boards and conspicuous places, he stressed.
The documents included the annual budget, procurement for the quarter and the use of the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) fund.
The CAO would require barangay councils to submit a certification from the DILG that they have complied with the full disclosure policy during the preparation of the PEI.
“If there is a release of PEI but there is no specific guideline, then we will be using that as supporting documents,” said Panes.
Compliance to the full disclosure policy is mandatory, he stressed.
“They will be having administrative liabilities if they could not comply,” said Panes.
In addition to village officials and SK chairpersons, also qualified to receive the PEI are barangay secretaries and treasurers. (PNA)
