The 15 Senators who refused to realign their P3 billion worth of Priority Development Assistance Fund in total have reduced the country’s budget deficit, a Cabinet official said on Thursday.

Secretary Florencio Abad of the Department of Budget and Management made the pronouncement in light of the disclosure of the office of the Sen. Francis Escudero that 15 Senate members did not realigned their respective P200 million PDAF.

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