MANILA, Philippines — It would be “physically impossible” for a lone disbursing officer to make confidential fund payments in far-flung locations on the same day. Sen. Francis Escudero, the presiding officer of Vice President Sara Duterte’s impeachment trial, offered that observation on Tuesday, the 14th day of the proceedings, during the testimony of Xyelene Mae Del Campo of the Commission on Audit (Coa). Del Campo, the supervising auditor of Coa’s Intelligence and Confidential Funds Audit Office (Icfao), had testified that Edward Fajarda was the only special disbursing officer (SDO) designated by Duterte to handle the confidential fund cash advances of the […]...Keep on reading: ‘Physically impossible’ for one SDO to make nationwide payouts in a day – Escudero