GCC terminates contracted law firms

“The major challenges that came from the contracts were lack of a monitoring system in place, excessive expenditure without mitigation, disproportionate mandate or instructions outsourced to the actual budget leading to over expenditure.  The combined total paid to the law firms as terminatory fees was of P968,871.26 for work done as at then and contracts were terminated,” Thutlwe said.

He said on December 1 and 11, 2015, the legal office withdrew and ended the mandate instructed to the law firms in order to address the identified challenges.