Desisting Municipal Mayors from Borrowing/Using Temporarily Barangay Funds Deposited with Municipal Treasurers
Letter of Instructions No. 885, issued on July 5, 1979, addresses the misuse of funds intended for barangay roads and bridges by Municipal Mayors in the Philippines. It mandates that such funds, once released to Municipal Treasurers, must only be used for their designated purposes and prohibits their temporary borrowing for municipal projects. Municipal Mayors who have previously misappropriated these funds are required to restitute the amounts or face charges of technical malversation. This directive is effective immediately, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding community funds.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Letter of Instructions No. 885
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Letters of Instructions
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
July 5, 1979
LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 885
| TO | : | The Minister of Finance |
| The Minister of Local Government and Community Development | ||
| Municipal Mayors | ||
| Municipal Treasurers | ||
| Barrio Captains |
There have been several reports and complaints from Barrio Captains that funds released to the different Municipal Treasurers intended for barangay roads and bridges have been temporarily borrowed and used by the municipality upon orders of the Municipal Mayor for financing municipal projects or defraying expenses of the municipal government.
In view of these reports and in order to assure that funds released for barangay roads and bridges are available at all times after their release to the Municipal Treasurers, it is hereby directed that effective immediately, Municipal Mayors should desist from borrowing or using temporarily barangay funds deposited with Municipal Treasurers, for purposes other than the construction, improvement or maintenance of barangay roads and bridges within their respective municipalities.
It is further directed that all Municipal Mayors who have temporarily borrowed or used part of barangay funds released to their Municipal Treasurers for purposes other than the construction, improvement or maintenance of barangay roads and bridges immediately restitute or refund such amounts temporarily borrowed and used by them or face charges of technical malversation.
This letter of instruction shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 5th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Seventy-Nine.
Cite This Law
Desisting Municipal Mayors from Borrowing/Using Temporarily Barangay Funds Deposited with Municipal Treasurers, Letter of Instructions No. 885, Jul 5, 1979 (Philippines)
Desisting Municipal Mayors from Borrowing/Using Temporarily Barangay Funds Deposited with Municipal Treasurers, Letter of Instructions No. 885 (Phil. 1979)
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