MIRIAM BLASTS DILG ‘PATUBIG’ WORTH P1.6-B Contradicting the Palace’s and its allies’ claim that the 2015 national budget is “pork-free”, Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago accused the Executive of coming up with a pork-laden expenditure program for next year, further hinting that the proposed national appropriation appeared to be all geared toward bankrolling the administration’s campaign for the 2016 elections. Santiago specific-ally questioned an allotment of some P1.6 billion for the “patubig” (water supply) project of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) as well as the alleged lump sum appropriations of five agencies totalling P37.3 billion. DILG is under Secretary Manuel Roxas II, the presumptive standard bearer of the administration’s Liberal Party (LP). tribune.net.ph/headlines/2015-budget-fat-with-pork-for-noy-allies
Posted on: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 07:31:13 +0000
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