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PSALM vs. Office of the President and CEO of PSALM

POWER SECTOR ASSETS AND LIABILITIES MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (PSALM), REPRESENTED BY LOURDES S. ALZONA, IN HER CAPACITY AS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF PSALM, AND THE CONCERNED OFFICERS OF PSALM, PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON AUDIT, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 218041 | 2022-08-30

D E C I S I O N
 
LOPEZ, J., J.:
 
The power of the Commission on Audit (COA) to withhold giving its concurrence to contracts or their renewal, and necessarily disallow disbursements made by reason thereof, by the government, or any of its subdivisions, agencies or instrumentalities, including government owned and controlled corporations, with or without original charters, must at all times be exercised within the Constitutional context and parameters of its audit jurisdiction.
 
The Case
 
This is a Petition for Certiorari[1] under Rule 64, in relation to Rule 65, of the Rules of Court assailing the Decision No....