Sixty members of the Alpha Phi Omega (APO) on Friday ran naked around the University of the Philippines campus in Manila to condemn the now abolished pork barrel fund system and urge the government to channel more funds to education and health. According to the group, this years Oblation Run, carrying the title See-Through: Promoting Transparency in Governance, sought to convince Filipinos to pressure the government to truly abolish the fund so that it will not be a catalyst again in government corruption. Miguel Custodio, grand chancellor of the APO-UP Manila chapter, told reporters that their group wanted to engage the youth in pressuring the government to be more transparent in the spending of government funds. Natatago kasi iyong mga nagiging problems at issues sa society... One of them is corruption na nakikita ngayon sa headlines. And we want the youth to at least give their perception or view on what they could say about corruption and abolishing pork barrel, he said. Custodio said their group wanted a more visible mechanism to show how government funds from the national coffers trickle down to the local governments units, and to their constituents. gmanetwork/news/story/391170/news/metromanila/naked-up-fratmen-stage-oblation-run-in-manila-vs-pork-barrel
Posted on: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 10:05:31 +0000
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