14 senators give up PDAF

AT least 14 senators have officially waived their P200 million allocation under the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) and have it deducted from the P2.268 trillion 2014 proposed budget despite of the appeal of some of their colleagues to realign the money to the calamity fund.

The senators who are pushing for the total abolition of their 2014 pork barrel made known their desire through a letter to the Senate Finance committee. They are senators Franklin Drilon, Francis Escudero, Sergio Osmena 3rd, Aquilino Pimentel 3rd, Cynthia Villar, Paolo Benigno Aquino 4th, Teofisto Guingona 3rd, Loren Legarda, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Grace Poe and Juan Paolo Angara, Vicente Sotto 3rd, Nancy Binay and Gregorio Honasan.