Senator Panfilo Lacson assured on Tuesday that he would chase the alleged P55-billion worth of “pork barrel” stuck in the proposed P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019. Lacson said he is somehow thankful about the reported ruckus in the House of Representatives on Monday, which was a supposed effort to remove the pork in the budget. We identified P8.3 billion as pork),” he told dzRH when asked if he will run after the supposed pork once it reaches the Senate Committee on Finance. Lacson also revealed that even during budget amendments, an announcement would circulate among lawmakers on the amount of pork they will receive. Senators have 300 each.”)Before the alleged shouting match in the House of Representatives, Lacson had earlier warned that billions of pesos were hidden in the proposed 2019 budget.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 18, 2018 07:37 UTC