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National Housing Corporation Vs. Commission On Audit, Et Al.

NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION, petitioner, vs. COMMISSION ON AUDIT and ARTURO D. DADUFALZA, in his capacity as COA Director, Technical Services Office, respondents.

G.R. No. 101370 | 1993-09-02

D E C I S I O N


PUNO, J.:

Foreign loans usually obligate the debtor country to hire expatriate consultants. This part of the package makes these loans more onerous. The petition at bar assails the disallowance by the respondent COA of a contract extending the services of a foreign consultant on the ground that his work could well be performed by Filipinos. It cannot succeed.

There are no uncertainties on the facts of the case. Our government forged an agreement on financial cooperation with the Republic of Germany. On April 10, 1981, a Loan and Project Agreement was executed between the Republic of the Philippines as "Borrower" and the...