ADVERTISEMENTThe list tended to support Diokno’s claim that House members had been opposing moves to abolish the Road Board because they wanted to access the P45-billion Road Board fund to bankroll their 2019 campaign for Congress. They probably were expecting the road user’s tax fund to be released so they could use these in the campaign,” Diokno said. The documents, which had the heading “requests for Saro,” or special allotment release order, also did not show Arroyo as one of those who had sought funding from the Road Board. Road Board abolitionSought for comment, both Fariñas and Nograles claimed that they were not aware that they had requested such huge funding allotments from the Road Board. Nograles, brother of Secretary to the Cabinet Karlo Nograles, said he had never seen the Road Board documents before, adding that the agency should authenticate them.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 20, 2018 21:33 UTC