Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives denounced Wednesday the clash over “pork barrel” between the camps of President Rodrigo Duterte and Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in the lower chamber. READ: House leaders bicker over ‘pork’ | ‘Insertions,’ brewing conflict delay House plenary debates on 2019 budgetThe plenary debates only proceeded on Wednesday a day after House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya, Jr. constituted a committee of the whole and modified House Bill No. READ: Senators to oppose P55-B pork in budgetADVERTISEMENT“Pork barrel” or the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) are lump sum discretionary funds of lawmakers. Several House members have denied that the controversial fund was pork. READ: Suarez denies ‘pork’ insertion in 2019 budget | Insertions in 2019 budget not ‘pork,’ not ‘irregular’ — Biazon /mufRead Next

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 19, 2018 03:22 UTC