“It is business as usual here but sky’s the limit as we get more after the Palace removed the P70-million cap, except we cannot openly claim the projects as our own anymore because it is the Executive that has obtained full control and taken full credit over the projects as it wants to make it appear that we are compliant with the SC ruling.” - HOUSE DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER ARNEL TY * * * * * * “The Palace is now in full control of Congress after the Executive imposed a “sky’s the limit or pork unlimited policy” for House members’ pork barrel projects, tapping even this year’s P25 billion in lump sum appropriations that the Supreme Court had declared unconstitutional. Everything is done quietly. Backdoor negotiation is now the norm. We now call it hidden pork. There is no paper trail, no black and white; everything depends on how close the lawmaker is to the powers-that-be. Such informal practices of maintaining the pork barrel system are illegal following the Supreme Court decision. Moreover, they can only persist because of the conscious and wilful participation of the President and his Cabinet. In sustaining the congressional pork barrel through hidden or informal means, Malacañang is violating the law and deceiving the public.” - ACT TEACHERS REP. ANTONIO TINIO
Posted on: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:25:32 +0000
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