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2015-01-13 |
LEONEN, J. |
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| In Polloso, the legal services of Atty. Benemerito A. Satorre were engaged by the National Power Corporation for its Leyte-Cebu and Leyte-Luzon Interconnection Projects.[76] The Commission on Audit disallowed the payment of services to Atty. Satore on the basis of quantum meruit, citing Commission on Audit Circular No. 86-255 dated April 2, 1986.[77] In upholding the disallowance by the Commission on Audit, this court ruled: It bears repeating that the purpose of the circular is to curtail the unauthorized and unnecessary disbursement of public funds to private lawyers for services rendered to the government. This is in line with the Commission on Audit's constitutional mandate to promulgate accounting and auditing rules and regulations including those for the prevention and disallowance of irregular, unnecessary, excessive, extravagant or unconscionable expenditures or uses of government funds and properties. Having determined the intent of the law, this Court has the imperative duty to give it effect even if the policy goes beyond the letter or words of the statute. | |||||