The Bureau of Local Government Finance of the Department of Finance will conduct a Workshop on Judicial and Administrative Remedies (JAR) of some Provincial, City and Municipal Treasurers and local treasury staff on November 8 to 12, 2022.
Under EO 127, the Bureau of Local Government Finance (BLGF) is mandated to perform the following functions:
- Assist in the formulation and implementation of policies on local government revenue administration and fund management;
- Exercise administrative, technical supervision and coordination over the treasury and assessment operation of local government;
- Develop or implement plans and programs for the improvement of resource management system, collection enforcement mechanisms and credit utilization schemes at the local levels;
- Provide consultative services and technical assistance to the local government and the general public on local taxation, real property assessment and other related matters;
- Exercise line supervision over its Regional Offices and the local treasury and assessment and other related matters;
- Perform such other tasks or functions as maybe assigned by the Secretary of Finance or Undersecretary for Domestic Operations.
In Bureau Order No. 260-2022 dated October 13, 2022, the Bureau of Local Government Finance headed by OIC Executive Director Ma. Pamela P. Quizon, that eleven (11) Treasurers of the country are required to attend the workshop.
The controversial case of Edgar Villanueva is one of the highlights of the workshop.
In an exclusive interview with Edgar Villanueva, many of local treasurers of the country are apprehensive to impose or conduct auction on deliquent real properties, his case becomes precedent of DOF, hence Villanueva being Treasurer of Top Earning LGU is vital in the Judicial and Administrative Remedies Seminar,
“Tatalakayin ang naging kaso ko sa seminar na yan dahil napakagandang proteksyon ng mga local Treasurers sa bansa. Maganda ang pagkakalatag ng Korte Suprema sa naging desisyon, ipinaliwanag isa-isa. Sinasabi sa paliwanag na kawawa naman ang Treasurer kung ganyan ang mangyayari kaya ni-review ng Department of Finance ang inilabas na desisyon ng Korte Suprema sa kaso ko.” dagdag ni Villanueva #
