Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr said Aquino should give Lacson administrative powers over the P170.7 billion ($3.93 billion)* rehabilitation fund for areas hit by Super Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) in November 2013. Lacson said on Sunday that he might resign after handing to the President the comprehensive rehabilitation plan, adding that he has no power to implement it anyway. The former senator has been serving as “over-all manager and coordinator,” being the presidential assistant for rehabilitation and recovery, a post Aquino created in the aftermath of Yolanda. “I understand the concern of Secretary Lacson. He cannot administer the funds. The first step there is to allow him to administer the funds for rehabilitation. That way, he controls the funds and he can go back to how agencies used the money, whether it went to the right purpose or not. I think that’s the minimum he will require,” Marcos said on Monday, August 4. rappler/nation/65248-senators-more-powers-for-lacson
Posted on: Wed, 13 Aug 2014 18:22:09 +0000
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