CITING security reasons, the People's Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action (Pirma) has refused to identify those who funded the group's television advertisements to promote Charter change (Cha-cha).
CITING security reasons, the People's Initiative for Reform Modernization and Action ( Pirma ) has refused to identify those who funded the group's television advertisements to promote Charter change (Cha-cha). Sen.
Maria Josefa Imelda 'Imee' Marcos, chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People's Participation, on Tuesday pressed Pirma representatives into naming the ad donors during the continuation of the inquiry on the group's signature campaign or people's initiative to amend the Constitution. In a previous hearing of the committee, Pirma convenor Noel Oñate said the group spent 55 million pesos for the television ads, half of which came from his own pocket. Oñate said the donors do not want to reveal their names in public because of 'privacy and security concern
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