A Budget official on Thursday disclosed that the projects of the government's anti-insurgency task force are identified only during its implementation, prompting Senator Sonny Angara to call the funds for these projects 'pork barrel.'
A Budget official on Thursday disclosed that the projects of the government's anti-insurgency task force are identified only during its implementation, prompting Senator Sonny Angara to call the funds for these projects "pork barrel."
For 2021, Budget Undersecretary Tina Rose Canda said P19.24 billion was released to NTF-ELCAC, including P16.4 billion for special purpose funds . "Siyempre gusto natin malaman na totoo nga 'yon kasi nga maraming nagdududa dati... There's no report. You're the budgetary experts, how do you judge that?" Angara asked.
"We were saying that perhaps you have to concentrate on the ongoing projects under the cleared barangays that have been recently identified," Canda said. "Unfortunately, the projects are identified only during implementation phase," Canda said when asked by Angara on when the NTF-ELCAC projects are identified.
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