MANILA — Members of the House of Representatives' Makabayan bloc on Friday said the proposed 2021 budget for the government's anti-communist task force could be categorized as discretionary funds, or
MANILA — Members of the House of Representatives' Makabayan bloc on Friday said the proposed 2021 budget for the government's anti-communist task force could be categorized as discretionary funds, or "pork barrel."
DILG Sec. Ano also maintains NTFELCAC funds for barangays won’t become “generals’ pork” pic.twitter.com/hHHnpQLW4ALast Thursday, Interior Secretary Eduardo Año defended the P16-billion budget for "barangay development program" of NTFELCAC, to which his agency is a member. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said the mechanism of identifying these barangays makes the funds "pork."
"Sa totoo lang ay panloloko ito sa atin, panlilinlang sa taumbayan. Hindi din angkop na mamimigay sila ng P20 milyon sa kada barangay kung ito ay maging NPA-free daw. Talo pa nila ang PCSO sa pamamahagi ng papremyo sa lotto. Masyado nilang pinalalaway ang mga barangay sa halagang ito. Tiyak itong magdudulot ng ibayong pekeng pagpapa-surrender at terror-tagging sa mga simpleng mamamayan," she said."Sa totoo lang, dapat zero ang budget ng NTFELCAC. P19.
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