...THIS IS CRAZY AND EXTREMELY UNFAIR...IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SCRAP THE PDAF IN ITS ENTIRETY AND ADD THE FUNDS TO THE BUDGETS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES...LEGISLATORS SHOULD FOCUS ON POLICY WORK. NGOs now banned from pork funds | Philippine Star MANILA, Philippines - The House of Representatives has decided to ban non-government organizations (NGOs) from having access to the pork barrel funds that it will distribute among state agencies. “Sorry to legitimate NGOs, but there will be no more NGO participation because of the pork barrel scam,” Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone, a vice chairman of the appropriations committee, told reporters yesterday. He said the lump sum Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) that the House would delete from the proposed 2014 national budget would be distributed among executive agencies. “It is these agencies that will have control and discretion over the funds. We will have no discretion. We can submit recommendations to these agencies, but they can reject them. It is they that will have discretion. As of now, the perception is we own those funds,” Evardone said.
Posted on: Fri, 06 Sep 2013 02:04:07 +0000
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