If the documents from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) and the Commission on Audit (COA) rings true, the Province of Bohol received P14 M in the controversial fertilizer funds.
However, Gov. Erico Aumentado, Representatives Edgar Chatto (First District), Roberto Cajes (Second District) and former Third District congressman Eladio Jala all denied they actually received the fertilizer allocations in cash.
Aumentado said he did not receive a single centavo out of the P5 million reportedly given to the provincial government as reflected in the DBM records of fund releases. Chatto, Cajes and Jala also explained that they did not personally receive the farm inputs or any fund for the purpose.