(UPDATE) SEN. Panfilo Lacson has proposed a bold reform to the national budgeting process in response to allegations of corruption in congressional insertions and realignments.
SEN. Panfilo Lacson has proposed a bold reform to the national budgeting process in response to allegations of corruption in congressional insertions and realignments. Lacson wants the Senate to adopt the National Expenditure Program as submitted by the Executive Department — without changes — for fiscal year 2026.
Similar issues plagued the Priority Development Assistance Fund in the early 2010s, eventually declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in 2013 after the “pork barrel scam” involving businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles exposed the diversion of billions in public funds to fake NGOs through legislative insertions.
Wants 1-Year 'Experiment' To Break Cycle Of Corruption In The Budget Process
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