MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo M. Lacson on Sunday “thanked” two congressmen who have been criticizing him over the 2019 national budget for enlightening the public on the controversy. Lacson said that the more House Majority Leader Fredenil Castro and COOP-NATCCO party-list Representative Anthony Bravo talk about the budget, the more the public would know about the “evil pork” lying beneath the national funds. ADVERTISEMENT“What Speaker [Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s] talking heads obviously do not realize is that they’re actually advancing my cause in educating the public more about the ‘evil pork’ in the national budget,” Lacson said in a statement. Castro and Bravo,” Lacson he added. Both Castro and Bravo previously issued some statements on pork in the budget over the weekend.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 03, 2019 08:03 UTC