ACCORDING to the tally made by Senate President Franklin Drilon there are at least 17 senators who are in favor of scrapping the P200 priority development assistance fund (PDAF) allotted annually to the all members of the senate, but as of November 8, only four senators have so far made their intent official.

Based on the copies of the letters obtained by the media, it was learned that only Senators Francis “Chiz” Escudero,  Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel 3rd, Mary Grace Poe-Llamanzares, and Vicente “Tito” Sotto 3rd submitted their respective letters informing the Senate finance committee that they want their respective pork barrel allocation deducted from the P2.268 trillion 2014 budget.

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