Dep Spkr LRay Villafuerte, Party-list Rep Mike Defensor, and other House members can take turns in maligning me while defending their pork but I’m still going all in. Patay kung patay! — PING LACSON (@iampinglacson) September 27, 2019In a tweet, Lacson said Saturday that Deputy House Speaker Luis Raymund Villafuerte Jr., Party-list Representative Mike Defensor, and “other House members can take turns in maligning me while defending their pork but I’m still going all in.”ADVERTISEMENTLacson has bared that the House tried to allocate P1.5 billion in pork for each of Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano’s 22 deputies. Defensor, an Anakalusugan party-list representative, asked for Lacson’s apology, and suggested that the budget of the Senate be re-aligned to those of district and party-list representatives. RELATED STORIES:Lacson bares plan to give House deputies P1.5B eachPlan to give P1.5 billion to each House deputy scrapped – LacsonRead NextLATEST STORIESMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 28, 2019 05:37 UTC