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The 10 Billion Priority Development Assistance Scam, popularly known as the Pork
Barrel Scam, is a major scandal involving the alleged misuse by multiple lawmakers of their
Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF, popularly called "pork barrel"). I’ve first heard
about this scam while reading an issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer in our school library last
July 2013. At first I was unaware of the magnitude of the issue, so I didn’t take time to read
much of the article. I only became indignant and curious after I’ve learned the staggering amount
of money involved is around 10 Billion pesos! Imagine, these politicians and their cohorts
managed to steal 10 Billion pesos from the national treasury. What kind of morality these people
have? Do they still have a conscience? They have forgotten the Principle of Stewardship which
states that people should cultivate God's gifts responsibly. They were given money to be used to
develop the country, but they wasted and stole the said money in direct violation of the 7th
Commandment.