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    THEJUDICIARY1

    I. MANDATE

    1.1 The Philippine Judiciaryrefers to the court system composed of

    the Supreme Court and the Lower Courts, Presidential Electoral

    Tribunal, Sandiganbayan, Court of Appeals and Court of Ta

    Appeals.1!t has the power to interpret the law to settle disputes

    concerning legally recogni"ed rights or duties between the State

    and pri#ate persons or between indi#idual litigants in cases

    properly brought before the $udicial tribunals.%

    1.% Supreme Court and the Lower Courts. The Supreme Court of thePhilippines and the Lower Courts perform ad$udicati#e functions

    #ested on them by the Philippine Constitution and other applicable

    laws. Their $udicial power includes &the duty of the courts of $ustice

    to settle actual contro#ersies in#ol#ing rights which are legally

    demandable and enforceable, and to determine whether or not

    there has been a gra#e abuse of discretion amounting to lac' of or

    ecess of $urisdiction on the part of any branch or instrumentality of

    the (o#ernment.)

    1.* Presidential Electoral Tribunal. The Presidential ElectoralTribunal is the sole $udge of all contests relating to the election,

    returns, and +ualications of the President and the -icePresident

    of the Philippines and promulgates rules for the purpose. The

    Tribunal hears and decides en banc all presidential and #ice

    presidential election contests. !t eercises the same powers which

    the law confers upon the courts of $ustice, including the issuance of

    subpoena and subpoena duces tecum, the ta'ing of depositions, the

    arrest of witnesses for the purpose of compelling their appearance,

    the production of documents and other e#idence, and the

    compulsory compliance with its orders.

    1./ Sandiganbayan. The Sandiganbayan 0S2 tries and decides

    criminal and ci#il cases against go#ernment o3icials and employees

    accused of graft and corruption and similar other o3enses.

    11 This document was prepared by Aurea H. Sempio as an input to the deliberationsof the House Committee on Appropriations on the FY 201 proposed !ational"ud#et. The report bene$ted from inputs of %irector %ina de &esus'(asa#ui andfrom o)erall #uidance of Actin# %irector *eneral +omulo ,.-. -iral &r.

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    1.4 Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals 0CA2 is #ested with the

    power to re#iew all nal $udgments, decisions, resolutions, orders or

    awards of 5egional Trial Courts and +uasi$udicial agencies,

    instrumentalities, boards or commissions, ecept those falling

    within the appellate $urisdiction of the Supreme Court6 to try cases

    and conduct hearings, recei#e e#idence and perform any and all

    acts necessary to resol#e factual issues raised in cases falling within

    its original and appellate $urisdictions, including the power to grant

    and conduct new trials or further proceedings. !t issues writs of

    mandamus prohibition, certiorari, habeas corpus, +uo warrant and

    auiliary writs or processes, and writs of amparo and habeas data in

    the eercise of its concurrent $urisdiction with the Supreme Court,

    Sandiganbayan, and the 5egional Trial Courts.

    1.7 Court of Tax Appeals. The Court of Ta Appeals 0CTA2 has

    eclusi#e appellate $urisdiction to re#iew by appeal decisions or

    inaction of the Commissioner of !nternal 5e#enue or of the

    Commissioner of Customs in#ol#ing their respecti#e responsibilities

    under the 8ational !nternal 5e#enue Code and the Customs Law,

    respecti#ely, and those of the Secretary of 9inance in automatic

    re#iew cases where the decisions of the Commissioner of !nternal

    5e#enue or of Customs fa#orable to the tapayer are ele#ated to the

    9inance Secretary6.

    CTA also re#iews those ta cases ele#ated to the Secretary of Tradeand !ndustry, in the case of nonagricultural product, commodity or

    article6 or the Secretary of Agriculture, in the case of agricultural

    product, commodity or article, in connection with the imposition of

    the Anti:umping :uty, Counter#ailing and Safeguard :uty. This

    original and appellate $urisdiction includes criminal cases in#ol#ing

    #iolations of the 8ational !nternal 5e#enue Code or the Tari3 and

    Customs Code6 decisions of 5egional Trial Courts 05TCs2 in local ta

    cases, and of the Central oard of Assessment Appeals 0CAA2 in

    cases in#ol#ing the assessment and taation of real property6 and

    collection of taes the assessment of which has already becomenal.

    II. BUDGETALLOCATION, 2013-2015

    %.1 The ;udiciary? or P>/* million higher than the current year.* billion see Table 15. @f this proposal, the

    Supreme Court and Lower Courts 0SCLC2 will get >? or P1.1

    billion6 Presidential Electoral Tribunal 0PET2 P>1.% million6

    %

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    Sandiganbayan P/1=.% million6 Court of Appeals 0CA2 P1,/77.*

    million6 and Court of Ta Appeals 0CTA2 P%4*. million.

    TABLE1BUDGETBYDEPARTMENT/AGENCY, FY 2013-2015

    ParticularsLevels (in million pesos) Growth Rates (%)

    2013 2014 2015 2013-2014 2014-2015

    he !u"iciar# 1$520&' 1341&$ 202$4& 4&4 4&

    Supreme Court and the Lower Courts 16,342.6 17,101.5 18,063.4 4.6 5.6

    Presidential le!toral "ri#unal 66.0 $1.2 $1.2 38.2 0.04

    Sandi%an#a&an 41$.1 405.0 410.2 '3.4( 1.3

    Court o) *ppeals 1,411.7 1,48$.0 1,466.3 5.5 '1.5(

    Court o) "a+ *ppeals 281.3 255.2 253.8 '$.3( '0.5(

    Source of basic data: Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF), 2014 & 2015 ! 1st"e#e$ %ourts: etropo$itan 'ria$ %ourts (e'%s), unicipa$ 'ria$ %ourts in %ities ('%%s), unicipa$ 'ria$ %ourts ('%s),

    unicipa$ %ircuit 'ria$ %ourts (%'%s), and te Saris %ircuit %ourts (S%%s)2ndLeel Courts- e%ional "rial Courts '"Cs( and the Shari/a istri!t Court 'SCs)

    %.% 9or %=14, the SCLC gets the highest increase at 4.7? 0P>7%

    million2, higher than its last year million2. The

    Sandiganbayan follows with 1.*? increase 0P4 million2 after a

    budget cut of *./? 0P1/ million2. The PET1.% million which is *.%? higher than its P77 million allocation

    in %=1*.

    %.* The CA which gets B.%? of the ;udiciary budget will ha#e a budget

    reduction of 1.4? 0P%* million2 in %=14. @n the other hand, the

    CTA budget will be further reduced to P%4*. million6 the %=1*

    budget is much higher at P%1.* million.

    By Ob!"# $% E&'!()*#+!

    %.1 Personal Services PS!are pro#isions for the payment of salaries,

    wages and other compensation 0i.e. meritsalary increase, C@LA,

    honoraria and commutable allowances2 of permanent, temporary,

    contractual and casual employees.

    %.% Dore than B=? of all ;udiciary agency budget, ecept

    Sandiganbayan, goes to PS. 8ote that the share of PS in the PET4.> million in %=1* to P11.* million

    by %=14.

    TABLE2

    BUDGETBYAGENCYANDOBJECTOFEPENDITURE

    Particulars

    Levels (in million pesos) hare to otal (%) Growth Rate (%)

    2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 13-14 14-15

    *

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    * an" Lower *ourtsP 13,667.7 13,661.4 14,321.1 83.6 7$.$ 7$.3 0.0 4.8+,, 2,674.$ 3,266.2 3,427.4 16.4 1$.1 1$.0 22.1 4.$*, 174.0 314.$ 0.0 1.0 1.7 81.0otal 16,342.6 1.101&53 1$0'3&42 100&0 100&0 100&0 4.6 5.6

    Pres& lectoral ri/unalP 46.5 78.7 78.7 70.4 86.3 86.3 6$.4 0.0

    +,, 1$.5 12.5 12.5 2$.6 13.7 13.7 36.1 0.3*, 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0otal ''&0 1&2 1&2 100&0 100&0 100&0 38.2 0.0

    an"ian/a#an P 202.$ 1$4.$ 201.3 48.4 48.1 4$.1 4.0 3.3+,, 124.0 121.0 123.8 2$.6 2$.$ 30.2 2.4 2.4*, $2.2 8$.1 85.1 22.0 22.0 20.8 3.3 4.5otal 41$.1 405&0 410&2 100&0 100&0 100&0 3.4 1.3

    *ourt o ppeals

    P 1,008.1 1,001.7 1,04$.0 71.4 67.3 71.5 0.6 4.7+,, 377.1 417.3 417.3 26.7 28.0 28.5 10.7 0.0*, 26.5 70.0 1.$ 4.7 0.0 163.$ 100.0otal 1411&.0 14$$&' 14''&2. 100&0 100&0 100&0 5.5 1.5

    *ourt o a ppealsP 1$5.$ 180.$ 181.3 6$.6 70.$ 71.4 7.7 0.2+,, 31.6 71.3 72.5 11.2 27.$ 28.6 125.4 1.8*, 53.8 3.0 1$.1 1.2 0.0 $4.4 100.0otal 2$1&3 255&2 253&$ 100&0 100&0 100&0 $.3 0.5

    Source of basic data: Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF), 2015

    %.* Dost of the agencies will ha#e increases in personal ser#ices in

    %=14, ecept for the PET. The increase in the PS budget of the SCLC

    0P74>.B million or /.?2 will go to lumpsum fund for lling of

    positions 0P*4*.4 million2, pension for ci#ilian personnel

    0P*/%./ million2, representation and transportation allowances

    0P17.* million2, and bonus 0P.% million2, among others.

    %./ Deanwhile, the P7./ million 0*.*?2 raise in Sandiganbayan7,===2, and bonus 0P*,===2.

    %.4 The CA. million2, pension for

    ci#ilian personnel 0P/4.B million2, lumpsum for lling of position

    0P1.% million2, and longe#ity pay 0P1.7 million2. The CTA, on theother hand, is getting a slight increase of =.%? from a P14 million or

    B.B? budget cut in its Personal Ser#ices in %=1/.

    %.7 !t was also noted that &@ther Personnel enets) amounting to P*.1

    billion constitute almost %=? of the entire PS pac'age see table 75.

    TABLE3

    BREADONOFPERONALERICE, 2015

    Particularsmount

    (in million pesos)hare to otal

    (%)

    Salaries and a%es 7,562.80 47.7

    /

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    Salaries and a%es CasualContra!tual 2$.6 0.2

    Personal !onomi! elie) *llowan!e 657.20 4.1

    epresentation *llowan!e 307.10 1.$

    "ransportation *llowan!e 306.$0 1.$

    Clothin%ni)orm *llowan!e 136.$0 0.$

    Su#sisten!e *llowan!e 3.20 0.0

    Produ!tiit& n!entie *llowan!e 54.80 0.3

    Lon%eit& Pa& 182.50 1.2

    earend onus 630.20 4.0

    Cash i)t 136.$0 0.$

    9ther onuses and *llowan!es 13.00 0.1

    etirement and Li)e nsuran!e Premiums 785.50 5.0

    Pa% Contri#utions o) Ciilian Personnel 32.$0 0.2

    Philhealth Contri#utions 71.70 0.5

    mplo&ees Compensation nsuran!e Premiums 32.70 0.2

    Pension ene)its 1,82$.70 11.5

    9ther Personnel ene)its 3,071.00 1$.4

    "otal 15,844.60 100.00

    Source of basic date: Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing (BESF), 2015

    %.B Table / compares the number of a#ailable permanent positions and

    the number of lled positions. The largest number of unlled

    positions may be noted in the SCLC and the CA.

    TABLETAFFINGUMMARY

    NUMBEROFPERMANENTPOITION

    Particulars2013 2014 2015

    vaila/le ille" nille" vaila/le ille" nille"

    SCLC 31,817 25,211 6,606 32,448 25,247 7,201same

    as 2014

    P" 151 66 85 151 66 85 do

    Sandi%an#a&an 385 32$ 56 385 332 53 do

    C* 1,742 1,4$5 247 1,742 1,488 254 do

    C"* 335 242 $3 335 250 85 do

    %. "aintenance and #ther #perating Expenses "##E2 are

    current ependitures which include supplies and materials,

    transportation and tra#el allowances, and utilities 0water, power,

    etc.2. D@@E allocations for %=1*%=14 are shown in Table %.

    %.> @#erall, the D@@E budget of the ;udiciary will increase by /.*?

    0P174 million2, a big chun' of which will go to SPLC 0P171 million2.

    All other agencies will ha#e minimal D@@E increase, ecept CA

    which will get the same amount of D@@E 0P/1B.* million2.

    4

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    %.1= The SCLC

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    ParticularsLevel (in millions pesos) hare to otal (%)

    Growth Rates(%)

    2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 13-14 14-15

    General "ministration an" upport 502 5'$1 52$ 33&4 34&' 30&5 13&0 -'&.

    ,perations $21 10524 11$'3 '5&3 '4&1 '$&3 .&2 12&.

    +, 6 7 Resolutions89ecisions in ppeale"

    an" ,ther *ases un"er 6ts !uris"iction

    a. *d:udi!ation o) e%/l "rial Court Cases 5,5$7 5,$51 6,362 37.2 36.3 36.6 6.3 6.$

    #. *d:udi!ation o) ;etropolitan Court Cases 482 522 558 3.2 3.2 3.2 8.3 6.$

    !. *d:udi!ation o) ;uni!ipal "rial Court Cases inCities 1,056 1,144 1,1$7 7.0 7.0 6.$ 8.3 4.6

    d. *d:udi!ation o) ;uni!ipal Cir!uit Court Cases 1,318 1,435 1,53$ 8.8 8.7 8.$ 8.$ 7.2

    e. *d:udi!ation o) ;uni!ipal Court Cases 1,128 1,213 1,267 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.5 4.5

    ). *d:udi!ation o) Shari

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    TABLE9

    PREIDENTIALELECTORALTRIBUNAL, PROGRAMANDACTIITIE

    ParticularsLevel (in million pesos) hare to otal (%) Growth Rates (%)

    2013 2014

    2015

    2013 2014 2015 13-14 14-15

    General "ministration an" upport 50&2 55&$ 55&$ 5.&2 '3&4 '3&4 11&2 0

    1. eneral ;ana%ement and Superision

    13.2 13.2 15.0 15.0 0

    2. =undin% re?uirements )or the )illin% o)un)illed positions

    42.6 42.6 48.4 48.4 0

    ,perations 3.&' 32&2 32&2 42&$ 3'&' 3'&' -14&4 0+, 6 7 9ecisions8Resolutions o *ases

    6nvolvin the Presi"ent an" the =icePresi"ent

    a. *d:udi!ation o) le!toralCasesContests nolin% the Presidentand Bi!e President o) the epu#li! 37.6 32.2 32.2 42.8 36.6 36.6 14.4 0

    otal .4 million which is 1.*? higher than current

    year*./ million see Table 35. @perations getB1./? a#erage of the Sandiganbayan

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    1. o!Detin%, pro!essin%, reportin% and!alendarin% o) !ases )or hearin% and!ondu!t o) pro!eedin%s 5$.4 61.6 63.3 15.6 15.7 15.$ 3&. 2&$

    2. "rial o) !ases, preparation andpromul%ation o) de!isions andissuan!e pro!esses 208.8 221 223.8 54.8 56.2 56.2 5.8 1.3

    otal .4 million or %%.4? after its budget was reduced from

    P1%*.B million in %=1*

    TABLE;COURTOFAPPEAL, PROGRAMANDACTIITIE

    ParticularsLevel (in million pesos) hare to otal (%) Growth Rates (%)

    2013 2014 2015 2013 2014 2015 13-14 14-15

    General "ministration an" upport $3$&5 $34&2 $$.&' ''&4 '2&$ '3&2 -0&5 '&4

    1. eneral mana%ement andsuperision 714.8 753.$ 78$ 56.6 56.7 56.2 5.5 4.7

    2. Pa&ment o) !ompensation o)*ttorne&de9))i!io 0.01

    0.0

    3. =undin% re?uirements )or the)illin% o) un)illed positions 123.7 80.4 $8.5 $.8 6.0 7.0 35.0 22.5

    ,perations 424&2 44& 51'&' 33&' 3.&2 3'&$ 1'&. 4&4

    +, 6 7 Resolutions89ecisions inppeale" an" ,ther *asesun"er 6ts !uris"iction

    a. *d:udi!ation o) *ppealed and9ther Court Cases 424.2 4$4.$ 516.6 33.6 37.2 36.8 16.7 4.4

    otal

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    +, 6 7 Resolutions89ecisions o*ases un"er 6ts !uris"iction

    a. *d:udi!ation o) "a+, Customs,and *ssessment Cases

    $0.6 108 106.5 38.6 44.2 43.$ 1$.2 1.4

    otal /2 shallbe deposited by the Chief ;ustice or his duly authori"ed

    1=

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    representati#e in an authori"ed go#ernment depository ban' and

    shall be used to augment the allowances of the members and

    personnel of the ;udiciary and nance the ac+uisition, maintenance

    and repair of o3ice e+uipment and facilities. P5@-!:E:, That at

    least eighty percent (80%)of the amount shall be used for the

    payment of cost of li#ing allowances, and not more than twenty

    percent(20%)shall be used for the purchase of o3ice e+uipment

    and facilities of the courts where the legal fees are collected6

    P5@-!:E:, 9F5TIE5, That the allowances of the members and

    personnel of the ;udiciary shall be distributed in proportion to their

    basic salaries.

    The C@A shall audit the receipts, re#enues, uses, disbursements

    and ependitures of the 9und e#ery +uarter, and submit the

    appropriate report in writing to the Chairperson of the C@A and to

    the Chief ;ustice of the Supreme Court, copy furnished the

    Presiding ;ustice of the Court of Appeals and all Eecuti#e ;udges.

    Li'ewise, the Supreme Court, shall submit either in printed form or

    by way of electronic document, to the :D, copy furnished the

    Iouse Committee on Appropriations and Senate Committee on

    9inance, +uarterly reports on its income and ependitures, and the

    status of the 9und. The Chief ;ustice and the court

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    personnel6 and 0i#2 necessary epenses for the employment of

    temporary employees for $udicial administration.

    *.4 (on)*ecurring Expenses. SCLC% and other pertinent budgeting,

    accounting and auditing rules and regulations.

    I. OURCEOFFUNDANDBUDGETUTILI=ATION, 2011-2013

    /.1 As shown in Table 11, the new appropriations of SCLC were

    P1%,17* million in %=11, P1*,*47 million in %=1% and P14,=/=

    million in %=1*. Iowe#er, total appropriations those same years

    amounted to P14.> billion, P1B.1 billion and P1./ billion,

    respecti#ely because of additional funds from automatic and

    continuing appropriations and budgetary ad$ustments.

    TABLE11UPREMECOURTANDTHE1T> 2NDLEELCOURT

    INMILLIONPEO?

    1%

    ources o un"s 2011 2012 2013

    u"etar# ":ustment (s) 15 1.$ 30

    "rans)er 's( )rom-;is!ellaneous Personnel ene)its =und

    Pension and ratuit& =und86073$

    1,330648

    127803

    otal vaila/le ppropriations 15$$$ 1.10$ 1$3.4

    Less; nuse" ppro&8no/liate" llotment (1..4) (2404) (2.13)

    otal ,/liations 14114 14.03 15''1

    ,/liations8vaila/le ppropriations (%) $$&$ $5& $5&2

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    Source of basic data: -ationa$ Expenditure .rogra/, F 201, 2014 & 2015

    /.% 8ormally, the life of a continuing appropriation especially for

    Current @perating Epense 0C@E2 would be good for two years

    only G i.e. the current year and the immediately succeeding year. !n

    the case of SCLC, continuing appropriations etend to more than

    one year G i.e. 5A >>*7 as reenacted pertains to the 9J %==4annual budget, 5A >4%/ to 9J %==>, 5A >>B= to 9J %=1=, 5A 1=1/B

    to 9J %=11, 5A 1=144 to 9J %=1%, 5A 1B/ to 9J 1>>7, 5A >/=1 to

    9J %==B, and 5A >/> to 9J %==. !t may be obser#ed that one

    continuing appropriation dates e#en bac' to 9J 1>>7 05A 1B/2.

    /.* udgetary ad$ustment for SCLC 0and other agencies under the

    ;udiciary2 represents transfer from lumpsum funds such as the

    Personnel enets 9und, and the Pension and (ratuity 9und to the

    agency concerned.

    TABLE12PREIDENTIALELECTORALTRIBUNAL

    INMILLIONPEO?Source ofbasic data:-ationa$Expenditure.rogra/,F 201,2014& 2015

    /./ Asshown

    in

    Table

    1%,

    the

    total

    a#ailable appropriations of the PET is almost double than that of

    the amount allocated by Congress through the new general

    appropriations. 9or instance, the new appropriations for %=1* is

    only around P million but the total a#ailable appropriation for the

    year amounted to P1% million or 1=7.? more.

    /.4 Allocations for Current @perating Epenses 0C@E2 of prior yearsare also carried forward as continuing appropriations. As shown

    1*

    ources o un"s 2011 2012 2013

    u"etar# ":ustment (s) 5 $ -"rans)er 's( )rom-

    ;is!ellaneous Personnel ene)its =und

    5

    8

    otal vaila/le ppropriations 121 145 1$2nuse" ppropriations8no/liate" llotment ('5) (4) (11)

    otal ,/liations 5' 51 '3

    ,/liations8vaila/le ppropriation (%) 4'&2 35&1 34&'

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    in Table 1%, continuing appropriations goes bac' to as early as

    %==4 05A >**72.

    /.7 The sources of funds and budget utili"ation of the Sandiganbayan,

    Court of Appeals and Court of Ta Appeals are shown in the Anne.

    /.B The budget utili"ation ratio is deri#ed by comparing total obligation

    with total a#ailable appropriations. Among the agencies under the

    ;udiciary, the Presidential Electoral Tribunal has the lowest

    utili"ation rate at an a#erage of *.7? see Table 175. The

    absorpti#e capacity of the Court of Ta Appeals is at B=? on

    a#erage.

    /. Among the agencies, SCLC has a high utili"ation rate 0a#eraging

    7.7?2. Iowe#er, its unobligated allotment is relati#ely bigHi.e.,

    P1. billion by the close of %=11, P%./ billion in %=1% and P%.B

    billion in %=1*see table 115.

    TABLE13BUDGETUTILI=ATION, FY 2011-2013

    PERCENTAGE?

    Particulars 2011 2012 2013verae

    tili@ationRate

    Supreme Court and 1st 2ndLeel Courts 88.8 85.$ 85.2 86.6

    Presidential le!toral "ri#unal 46.2 35.1 34.6 38.6

    Sandi%an#a&an 85.1 85.$ 8$.1 86.7

    Court o) *ppeals 81.3 84.1 86.1 83.8

    Court o) "a+ *ppeals 67.8 66.2 76.0 70.0

    Source of basic data: -ationa$ Expenditure .rogra/ (-E.) 201, 2014 & 2015

    . AUDITOPINION

    5.1 Acting as eternal auditor, the C@A renders an opinion which mayeither be un+ualied, +ualied, ad#erse, or disclaimer of opinion.9n:uali$ed opinion, often called a clean opinion, is the best type of

    report. !t is gi#en when the auditor determines that 0a2 each of the

    nancial record prepared by agency is free from any

    misrepresentation and 0b2 the nancial records ha#e been

    maintained in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting

    principles 0(AA2. The auditor renders a :uali$ed opinion in caseswhen nancial records are not 'ept in accordance with (AAP but no

    misrepresentations are identied.

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    Tb@! 1COA AUDITOPINION

    enc# 200$ 200 2010 2011 2012 RemarAs

    Supreme Court G G *derse *derse *derse eteriorated

    Presidential le!toral "ri#unal G G GG G

    n!han%ed

    Sandi%an#a&an G G G G G mproed

    Court o) *ppeals G G G G Gmproed in 2010 and2011 #ut not sustained

    in 2012

    Court o) "a+ *ppeals G G GG G

    Clean reports in 2 out o)5 &ears

    Source of basic data: %3+ +nnua$ +udit eports, 20062012

    4.% An ad)erse opinionis the worst type of report6 this indicates that

    the agency.%

    million unpaid loans of o3icials and employees of the Iigh Court

    was sourced from the ;udiciary :e#elopment 9und 0;:92.

    Presidential :ecree 8o. 1>/> which created the ;:9 stipulates that

    =? of all collected fees shall be used to augment the costofli#ing

    allowances of the members and personnel of the ;udiciary while the

    %=? shall be for the ac+uisition and upgrading of o3ice e+uipment

    and facilities. 8owhere in the decree says that part of the ;:9 could

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    be used as loans to the $udicial and non$udicial members of the

    Court.

    The ;udiciary, according to C@A, has also not established a system

    on the implementation of the %=? share 0;:92 for the purchase of

    e+uipment and repair of facilities. !ts disbursements are not also

    co#ered with the Annual Procurement Plan re+uired in Section B of

    the (o#ernment Procurement 5eform Act 05.A. >1/2.

    ;reference/ 2011 AA+.