SENATOR MIRIAM ON PRESIDENTS RETENTION OF THE PORK BARREL She said that to help the best and brightest get elected to public office it is not necessary to convert the office of the congressman into a local DSWD with freebies for all constituents. That is a matter for campaign finance reform. Ideally, government should finance and strictly regulate campaign advertising. In other words, government should subsidize campaigns, to make sure that candidates do not resort to vote-buying using pork barrel which are public funds,” she said. Santiago said there is no provision in the Constitution stating that distribution of freebies in the community is part of the function of a lawmaker. Candidates should win on the basis of academic excellence and professional excellence. They should not win reelection by using pork barrel to bribe voters. That system is corrupt and breeds a culture of dependency on the person rather than on the institution of government,” she said. abs-cbnnews/focus/10/24/13/miriam-backs-pnoy-jail-plunderers-first
Posted on: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:27:29 +0000
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