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ruunsDAY I AUGUST 15, 2019

Militant lawmakers
vow to block
selective'Pork'
BY EDU lamented that the Pork barrel
*ri<.sn'r:pr'::*r*t:+rt. P system is still being Practiced
The bloc of militant PartY- but has been redesigned to
list lawmakers in the House comply with the SC ryIi.€:- -
of R"ptsentativdS' YesterdaY "We all know that the DBM
"'uoweh to oppose the rePorted itself has designed a scheme
nlan to inilude P35-billion to provide allocations for law-
bork barrel funds in the Pro- *ik"tt. They may saY it's
bosed 2020 national budget. no longer the Pork barrel as
Members of the MakabaYan defined by the SC decision
dloc also denied being among because there's no more lump
beneficiaries of the Porkbarrel, sums and Post-err^actment
saying they were not asked interventigns by lawmakers.
by the Department o-f
lu{get Thev mav call it insertion or
M""igement (DBM) to auginentition, but it's still the
"itd
submit listi of Projects thgY sail't" patronage system tha!
wished to be covered in the a[ows.go;ruptibn " he stressed
supposed P100 million Per in an interview.
House member. Zarate suggested that the
This means the DBM was allocations should no longer
selectiye in asking for endorse- pass through the lawmakers
ment from lawmakers and that ind should go directlY to the
the supposed pork barrel will agencies providing services to
not coGr all 305 members of the public.
the House, contrary to an ear- "Wb will continue to engage .

lier report. on this issue because we believe

Baf'an Muna ReP. Carlos that there are leakages in those
Isagar{i Zarale said t$eir 8r0uP proiects endorsed bY lawmak-
woila scmtinize the ProPosed brs'which could be sources of
P4.t-trillion national budget to comrption even if You saY that
make sure there will be ilo oPr thev ire implemented well. We
prcpriations similar to the ttiority shduld opfose this," the law-
bevelopment Assistance Fund maker vowed.
(PDAFI or Disbursement Accel- The STAR rePorted last
eration Program (DAP), which week that some P35.2 billion
were both dedared unconstitu- in pork barrel funds of eena* "
tional by the $uPrcme Court. tprb and cCIngres men will be ''
Zarate, one'of the Petition- embedded in the ProPosed
ers in the SC ding that struck P4. l-trillion 2020 national bud-
down PDAF and DAP during get that Malacaflang is $et to
the previous administration, Jubmit to Congress next week,

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