The run-in between Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) and former Commissioner Gus Lagman brought to the fore once again the issue of intelligence fund.

Whatever the Executive department says about the matter—Assistant spokesperson Valte maintained in a recent media briefing that it was necessary—there could be no good justification for the fund, if one considers the manner by which it is disbursed.

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