Showing posts with label PDAF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PDAF. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Supreme Court declares PDAF unconstitutional
The Supreme Court has declared the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) – from past and present budgets – unconstitutional.
The high court voted 14-0. Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco inhibited. His son is a member of the House of Representatives.
The SC also ruled that the Malampaya fund can only be used for energy-related projects and not “ for such other purposes as may be hereafter directed by the President.” The justices voted 13-1.
Friday, August 23, 2013
President Aquino's Full Statement on abolition of Pork Barrel
Three days before anti-pork barrel rallies planned in key cities nationwide – the first major demonstration during his administration that has been anchored on an anti-corruption slogan – President Benigno Aquino III announced that it is time to abolish the lawmakers' Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
Media reports and a special state audit have found billions in senators' and congressmen's PDAF going to dubious non-governmental organizations, which in turn reported ghost projects and beneficiaries.
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