Drilon questions direct disbursement of anti-insurgency fund to barangays

MANILA—Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon on Monday questioned why the executive branch plans to release millions in project funds to barangays that have been cleared of communist rebels, saying t

he money should be disbursed through implementing agencies.

"In previous budgets, the allocated amounts were already assigned with the agencies implementing it," Drilon said during the Senate budget hearing. Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado said that barangays that cannot implement the project by themselves may "do it through the municipal government." The Senate Minority Leader earlier flagged the fund, saying it could be "clearly used for political purposes."

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