Hackers of gov’t websites in pork protest wasting state funds

The hackers of 38 government websites in protest of the discretionary funds of the President and the lawmakers, more popularly known as pork barrel, are wasting government resources, lawmakers said Monday.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. of Quezon City, House Deputy Majority Leader Sherwin Tugna of Citizens Battle Against Corruption party-list and Luzviminda Ilagan of Gabriela party-list expressed such sentiments in light of the hacking of a handful of state websites  in the aftermath of President Benigno Aquino 3rd’s speech defending the discretionary funds of the Executive and the Legislative branches.