After losing their annual pork barrel due to the Supreme Court’s ruling declaring it illegal last year, members of the House of Representatives now want the High Court’s Judiciary Development Fund (JDF) abolished too.

Two House bills that seek to abolish the JDF were filed days after the High Court ruled that even the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) of the Aquino administration, whom Pnoy claims as spending “in good faith,” was also illegal.

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