SC asks Palace, Congress officials to comment on P20B PhilHealth funds

Adrian Ayalin

ABS-CBN News

The Supreme Court has required respondents House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senate President Francis Escudero, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation President Emmanuel Ledesma, Jr. to comment on the petition against the transfer of P20 billion funds of the state insurer to the National Treasury.SC spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting said the court en banc made its decision during its August 13 session.&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/16/philhealth-says-fund-transfer-excluded-contributions-of-paying-members-1454" id="isPasted">PhilHealth: Fund transfer excluded members&rsquo; contributions&nbsp;</a>Pending before the court is the petition for certiorari filed by various groups and individuals led by Sen. Koko Pimentel last August 2.&nbsp;&ldquo;The Court required the respondents to file their Comment to the petition and prayer for TRO within a non-extendible period of 10 days from notice,&rdquo; Ting said.&nbsp;Petitioners Pimentel, Cielo Magno, Ma. Dominga Cecilia Padilla, Dante Gatmaytan, Ibarra Gutierrez as well as organizations Sentro ng Mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, Inc., Public Services Labor Independent Confederation Foundation, Inc., and Philippine Medical Association have asked the Supreme Court to order the the return of the P20 billion PhilHealth funds &ldquo;already taken away by the national government.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/28/22/sc-orders-philhealth-officials-to-return-unauthorized-benefits" id="isPasted">SC orders PhilHealth officials to return unauthorized benefits&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;They challenged Section 1(d) of XLIII of the General Appropriations Act 2024 and Department of Finance Circular 003-2023, which allows the return of excess reserve funds of government-owned and controlled corporations or GOCCs to the national treasury to fund unprogrammed appropriations.

&ldquo;The Court required the respondents to file their Comment to the petition and prayer for TRO within a non-extendible period of 10 days from notice,&rdquo; Ting said.&nbsp;Petitioners Pimentel, Cielo Magno, Ma. Dominga Cecilia Padilla, Dante Gatmaytan, Ibarra Gutierrez as well as organizations Sentro ng Mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong Manggagawa, Inc., Public Services Labor Independent Confederation Foundation, Inc., and Philippine Medical Association have asked the Supreme Court to order the the return of the P20 billion PhilHealth funds &ldquo;already taken away by the national government.&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/video/news/12/28/22/sc-orders-philhealth-officials-to-return-unauthorized-benefits" id="isPasted">SC orders PhilHealth officials to return unauthorized benefits&nbsp;</a>&nbsp;They challenged Section 1(d) of XLIII of the General Appropriations Act 2024 and Department of Finance Circular 003-2023, which allows the return of excess reserve funds of government-owned and controlled corporations or GOCCs to the national treasury to fund unprogrammed appropriations.

&nbsp;<a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/7/16/philhealth-says-fund-transfer-excluded-contributions-of-paying-members-1454" id="isPasted">PhilHealth: Fund transfer excluded members&rsquo; contributions&nbsp;</a>Pending before the court is the petition for certiorari filed by various groups and individuals led by Sen. Koko Pimentel last August 2.&nbsp;

The Supreme Court has required respondents House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Senate President Francis Escudero, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation President Emmanuel Ledesma, Jr. to comment on the petition against the transfer of P20 billion funds of the state insurer to the National Treasury.SC spokesperson Atty. Camille Ting said the court en banc made its decision during its August 13 session.

Pending before the court is the petition for certiorari filed by various groups and individuals led by Sen. Koko Pimentel last August 2.

Pending before the court is the petition for certiorari filed by various groups and individuals led by Sen. Koko Pimentel last August 2.

SC asks Palace, Congress officials to comment on P20B PhilHealth funds | ABS-CBN News

News

News

SC asks Palace, Congress officials to comment on P20B PhilHealth funds

SC asks Palace, Congress officials to comment on P20B PhilHealth funds