Mindanao wants ‘pork’ fund restructure, modernize

WHILE Filipinos are divided on the demand for total scrap of the annual allocation known officially as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) due to reported misuse of billions of “pork” fund, Mindanao leaders and professionals are suggesting restructure with modern “safety nets” and an apolitical indictment of all its officials.

The estimated more than one million protesters across the country on Monday demanding a total scrap of the annual allocation known officially as the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) claiming that it has enriched few people were also joined by Mindanao professionals unveiling the ills of “pork” fund mishandling in their regions.