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Abejo vs. COA

BERNADETTE LOURDES B. ABEJO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION BOARD (ICAB), PETITIONER, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, REPRESENTED BY CHAIRPERSON MICHAEL AGUINALDO, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 254570 | 2021-06-21

D E C I S I O N
 
LAZARO-JAVIER, J.:
 
The Case

This petition for certiorari assails the Decision No. 2020-127[1] dated January 27, 2020 of the Commission on Audit (COA) (respondent) which held petitioner Bernadette Lourdes B. Abejo (petitioner) solidarily liable with the officers and employees of the Inter-Country Adoption Board (ICAB) to return the disallowed Collective Negotiations Agreement (CNA) Incentives for 2011 in the amount of P236,500.00.
 
Antecedents

From 2008 to 2011, the ICAB had been granting CNA Incentives to the members of the ICAB Employees Association (ICABEA) pursuant to Department of Budget and...