From: philstar.com
Former President and now
Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, her congressmen sons Mikey and Dato and two
House allies have not yet received their pork barrel funds for this year.
A Department of Budget
and Management (DBM) report identified the two allies as Mitos Magsaysay of
Zambales and Augusto Syjuco Jr. of Iloilo
In last week’s debates
on the proposed P2-trillion 2013 national budget, Magsaysay asked Cavite Rep.
Joseph Emilio Abaya, appropriations committee chairman, why Malacañang was
withholding her allocation, along with those of Dato, Mikey and Syjuco.
“It’s political
reality,” Abaya frankly told her. Abaya said Mrs. Arroyo deprived her critics
of their congressional funds during her watch.
Sources in the House
appropriations committee claimed Mrs. Arroyo has not submitted any project proposal
for her pork barrel balance last year and her allocation for this year
Last year, Mrs. Arroyo
received P30.8 million of her annual P70-million pork barrel.
She allocated P20
million for her district and shared the remaining P10.8 million with Dato,
Magsaysay and five other allies – Danilo Suarez of Quezon, Amelita Villarosa of
Mindoro Occidental, Martin Romualdez of Leyte, Marc Cagas of Davao del Sur, and
Arthur Yap of Bohol. ###
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