Abono supports proposed ‘porkless’ congress
By Mortz C. Ortigoza
ROSALES – Abono Party List chair Rosendo So called on Liberal Party congressmen to be role models by not taking the “soft part” of their priority development assistance fund, more known as pork barrel, as proposed by LP member Rep Erin Tanada.
So said starting this year, LP lawmakers at the House of Representatives and the Senate should spearhead the call of Tanada.
The yearly pork is divided as” soft” and “hard.” The soft part for a senator is P100 million, while the hard part is another P100 million. The soft part for a member of the lower house is P30 million, while the hard part is P40 million.
Soft part or non-infrastructure project goes to scholarship programs, medical assistance to indigent patients in government hospitals, livelihood support programs, the purchase of information technology equipment and financial assistance to local government units for the latter’s priority projects and programs.
The hard part, or the other hand, is for infrastructure project like roads, bridges, footbridges, pathways, multipurpose buildings, school buildings, potable water systems, flood control, drainage systems, irrigation facilities and electrification projects.
So said that he is for the total abrogation of the PDAF since solons are elected to hammer laws and not identify projects for construction.
“In the executive (branch) okay lang sa akin. Executive branch ang gagawa ng projects. Ang gagawin ng mga congressmen ay gagawa ng batas,” he stressed.
He explained that without the pork there will be less number of candidates to salivate for a congressional post in the next election because the attractive PDAF would no longer be available for their unilateral disposal.
So said he was not discouraged by the elimination of pork because Abono has been helping the poor by using its own funds in its countless medical missions and feeding programs in the Northern Luzon areas, and it sourced the constructions of public school buildings from its vaunted ally, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Manila.
“Pork” is believed to be a source of corruption among senators and congressmen. Reports say that in every project each lawmaker identifies for the government to fund, each of them pocketed a minimum of 20 percent, while their conspirators at the departments of public works, agriculture, and education have their own percentage of the precious government fund thus usually making the project substandard as the private contractor they commissioned manipulated it to recoup his expenses and profit.
http://northernwatchonline.com/2010/...0%99-congress/
By Mortz C. Ortigoza
ROSALES – Abono Party List chair Rosendo So called on Liberal Party congressmen to be role models by not taking the “soft part” of their priority development assistance fund, more known as pork barrel, as proposed by LP member Rep Erin Tanada.
So said starting this year, LP lawmakers at the House of Representatives and the Senate should spearhead the call of Tanada.
The yearly pork is divided as” soft” and “hard.” The soft part for a senator is P100 million, while the hard part is another P100 million. The soft part for a member of the lower house is P30 million, while the hard part is P40 million.
Soft part or non-infrastructure project goes to scholarship programs, medical assistance to indigent patients in government hospitals, livelihood support programs, the purchase of information technology equipment and financial assistance to local government units for the latter’s priority projects and programs.
The hard part, or the other hand, is for infrastructure project like roads, bridges, footbridges, pathways, multipurpose buildings, school buildings, potable water systems, flood control, drainage systems, irrigation facilities and electrification projects.
So said that he is for the total abrogation of the PDAF since solons are elected to hammer laws and not identify projects for construction.
“In the executive (branch) okay lang sa akin. Executive branch ang gagawa ng projects. Ang gagawin ng mga congressmen ay gagawa ng batas,” he stressed.
He explained that without the pork there will be less number of candidates to salivate for a congressional post in the next election because the attractive PDAF would no longer be available for their unilateral disposal.
So said he was not discouraged by the elimination of pork because Abono has been helping the poor by using its own funds in its countless medical missions and feeding programs in the Northern Luzon areas, and it sourced the constructions of public school buildings from its vaunted ally, the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Manila.
“Pork” is believed to be a source of corruption among senators and congressmen. Reports say that in every project each lawmaker identifies for the government to fund, each of them pocketed a minimum of 20 percent, while their conspirators at the departments of public works, agriculture, and education have their own percentage of the precious government fund thus usually making the project substandard as the private contractor they commissioned manipulated it to recoup his expenses and profit.
http://northernwatchonline.com/2010/...0%99-congress/
