Anonymous Incorporated: And the P10M Sharon Cuneta reward goes to... ABAD! Michael Lim Ubac/ Inquirer: Of the 20 senators who voted to convict Corona for betrayal of public trust and culpable violation of the Constitution, only then Sen. Panfilo Lacson did not accept the additional pork from the executive larder. But then Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Sen. Franklin Drilon (former chair of the Senate finance committee), and Sen. Francis Escudero received double helpings of the additional pork barrel. Two of the three senators who voted to acquit Corona got nothing: Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos and Miriam Defensor-Santiago. Sen. Joker Arroyo, who also voted to exculpate Corona, was allotted P47 million, which was released in February 2013. Arroyo, who retired last June, did not use the allocations for him in the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for most of his term, which began in 2001. Who got it, when Those who received additional pork after Corona’s ouster and the corresponding amounts were: Senators Antonio Trillanes (October 2012–P50 million), Manuel Villar (October 2012–P50 million), Ramon Revilla (October 2012–P50 million), Francis Pangilinan (October 2012–P30 million), Loren Legarda (October 2012–P50 million), Lito Lapid (October 2012–P50 million), Jinggoy Estrada (October 2012–P50 million), Alan Cayetano (October 2012–P50 million), Edgardo Angara (October 2012–P50 million), Ralph Recto (October 2012–P23 million; December 2012–P27million), Koko Pimentel (October 2012–P25.5 million; November 2012–P5 million; December 2012–P15 million), Vicente Sotto III (October 2012–P11 million; November 2012–P39 million), Teofisto Guingona (October 2012–P35 million; December 2012–P9 million), Serge Osmeña (December 2012–P50 million), Enrile (December 2012–P92 million) and Drilon (December 2012–P100 million). In previous interviews, Drilon admitted to getting only P50 million Read more: newsinfo.inquirer.net/497105/abad-releases-names-of-20-senators-who-got-additional-pork-barrel#ixzz2gD5yC8pD Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter | inquirerdotnet on Facebook
Posted on: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 17:41:11 +0000
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