Binay got P600-M ‘pork’

AFTER THE Supreme Court declared the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) unconstitutional in November 2013, a modified pork-like system of funneling funds to projects endorsed by lawmakers was born and from it, Vice President Jejomar “Jojo” Binay supposedly continued to get his pork share. It is difficult to say, however, how much pork he got or continues to get, and through which implementing agencies, after PDAF’s supposed abolition.

What is certain is that for three years in a row, 2011, 2012 and 2013, Binay had received a hefty P200-million slice of pork annually. For sure, he had also vowed to spend it on his project lists: scholarship for indigent students, medical assistance for the poor and construction of 200 senior citizen centers in as many towns and cities of the country.