Fourteen additional local government units in Region XII passed the Public Financial Management Compliance (PFM) Assessment, DILG XII- Project Development Management Unit (PDMU) revealed.

Earlier this week, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) XII has confirmed and furnished DILG XII the said list of 14 LGUs which included Arakan, Kabacan,  Magpet, M’lang, and Tulunan of Cotabato Province, Kiamba, Maasim, and Malungon of Sarangani Province, Sto. Nino, Surallah, and Tampakan of South Cotabato, and Bagumbayan, Esperanza, and Lambayong of Sultan Kudarat Province. 

“Not one from Region XII.”

This was the short answer of DILG XII RD Josephine Cabrido-Leysa, CESO III as a response to a query if there are mayors in Region XII who were included in the list of forty-three local chief executives which were given show cause orders by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for having poor performance in the distribution of the emergency cash subsidy under the Social Amelioration Program (SAP).

Show cause orders were given to LGUs whose accomplishment rate on SAP payout was 79% and below as of May 10, the final deadline set by the Department, DILG Central Office revealed.