A former congressman on Thursday said the P10-billion anomaly involving unauthorized releases of pork barrel funds is “peanuts” compared to anomalies involving the internal revenue allotments (IRA) of various local government units (LGU) nationwide.

Rodolfo Antonino, who was Nueva Ecija representative, estimated that similar rackets involving the IRA could run into billions of pesos each year. In his district alone, the Commission on Audit (COA) had identified at least two municipalities where millions of public funds were released without proper documentation.

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