Overpaid? Trillanes Hires Brother as Consultant, Pays Him P71,200 Per Month

According to Senate documents obtained by The Manila Standard Today, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV made his brother among the most highly paid of his 55 consultants by giving him P71,200 a month

A total of P427,000 (6 month-time) from july to December,2014 was earned by Juan Antonio Trillanes, making him one of the most expensive employees of the senator.

During the same period, Trillanes spent P7.5 million on consultants, P4.46 million more than the P3.04 million allotted.

I was reported earlier that Sen. Trillanes ranked fifth among the top-spending senators for 2013, according to interaksyon.com.

“Trillanes, who does not hold any leadership post in the chamber, is on number 5, with expenses of P54,977,548,” the report says.

The Senate documents were prepared in response to a Commission on Audit (COA) memo to Senate President Franklin Drilon asking Trillanes to account for the P231.88 million spent on Senate consultants in 2014

“Further review of the accounts including the corresponding liquidation documents for the senators’ cash advances and the disbursements vouchers for the claims for consultancy services paid directly through check, disclosed that the reason for exceeding the budgetary allocation for the said account is due to hiring of many consultants wherein a Senator’s office hired more than 60 consultants and also of giving a consultants’ rate as high as P94,000 per month,” the COA said without naming names.

Aside from his brother, Trillanes paid three other consultants—Segundino Orfiano Jr., Ian Lee Punongbayan and Jayme Torrato—P71,200 a month.

Trillanes is known to spearhead the case against Vice president Jejomar Binay’s alleged corruption activities, but the report about his expensive consultants may affect his public trust rating.

Sources: Links inside the article / Carla Lopez

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