Privilege Speech

Privilege Speech
Atty. Vic Ruskin M. Ong

Municipal Vice Mayor
Municipality of Gloria
Legislative Oversight
Refers to the review and monitoring of executive agencies, programs, activities, and policy implementations
Exercised through legislative authorization, appropriations, investigations and hearing
An implied power that derives from the legislature’s “power of the purse”
Legislative Oversight
• Refers to the review and monitoring of executive agencies,
programs, activities, and policy implementation
• Exercised through legislative authorization, appropriations,
investigations and hearing
• An implied power that derives from the legislature’s “power of
the purse”
• An integral part of the constitutional system of the cheeks and
balances
Purpose of the Oversight
• Improve the efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of
governmental operations
• Evaluate programs and performance
• Detect and prevent poor administration, waste and arbitrary
behavior
• Inform the general public and ensure that executive policies
reflect the public interest
• Gather information to develop new legislative proposals or to
amend exiting statutes
• Ensure legislative compliance with legislative intent
Section 444. (b) 1, (iv) of Local Government Code of 1991
• Powers, Duties and Compensation of the Chief Executive,
…
• (b) for efficient, effective and economical governance the purpose of which is
the general welfare of the municipality and its inhabitants pursuant to section
16 of this code, the municipal mayor shall:
• Exercise general supervision and control over all programs, projects, services,
and activities of the municipal government, and in this connection, shall::xxx;
(iv) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the sangguniang bayan

and, from time to time as the situation may require, provide such
information and data needed or requested by said sanggunian in the
performance of its legislative functions;
Ground Floor: Plan vs. Actual Completion
Second Floor. Plan vs Actual Completion
42 Gallon,
Pressure Tank,
Installed on July
20, 2020. More
or less 1 year
after the report
of completion of
the project.
Variation of Program of Works
3.350Million /
4.805 Million
= 69 Percent Variation
How much Variation Order is allowed? (Source:
IRR-Part A of 9184. Annex –E)
The net cumulative amount of the Variation Order should not exceed positive ten percent
(+10%) of the original project cost.
If the adjustments provided for in a Variation Order costs more than ten percent (10%) of the
original project costs, these shall be the subjects of another contract to be bid out if the works
are separable from the original contract. However, if these adjustments are urgently necessary to
complete the original scope of work, the Head of the Procuring Entity may authorize the Variation
Order beyond ten percent (10%) but not more than twenty percent (20%), subject to the
guidelines to be determined by the GPPB.
In case the Variation Order exceeds ten percent (10%), the Procuring Entity must ensure that
appropriate sanctions are imposed on the designer, consultant or official responsible for the
original detailed engineering design which failed to consider the conditions that led to the need
for adjustments costing more than ten percent (10%) of the original total contract price.
When can the Procuring Entity issue a Variation
Order?
• Variation Orders may be issued by the Procuring Entity concerned at any
time during contract implementation. However, the adjustment provided
for in these orders must be necessary to fully meet the requirements of
the project. The issuance of a Variation Order, must conform to the
following:
1.That there will not be any short changes in the original design;
2.That it will not affect the structural integrity and usefulness of the
structure; and
3.That it is covered by a CAF.
Ground Floor: Plan vs. Actual Completion
Second Floor. Plan vs Actual Completion
Executive Order No. 2, Series of 2016
• OPERATIONALIZING IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH THE PEOPLE’S
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND THE STATE
POLICIES TO FULL PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AND TRANSPARENCY IN
THE PUBLIC SERVICE AND PROVIDING GUIDELINES THEREFOR
SECTION 3. Access to information. Every Filipino shall have access

to information, official records, public records and to documents and
papers pertaining to official acts, transactions or decisions, as well as
to government research data used as basis for policy development.
Municipal Ordinance no. 23, S 2020
Gloria Transparency Mechanism Ordinance
SECTION 4. Access to information. (a) Every

Person shall have access to information, official
records, public records and to documents and
papers pertaining to official acts, transactions
or decisions, as well as to government research
data used as basis for policy development.

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Exercised through legislative authorization, appropriations, investigations and hearing

(iv) Initiate and propose legislative measures to the sangguniang bayan

SECTION 3. Access to information. Every Filipino shall have access

SECTION 4. Access to information. (a) Every

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