Miriam to prosecute officials in ‘pork’ scam

Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago reiterated her promise to prosecute officials involved in the “pork barrel” scam on top of her avowed commitment to abolish all forms of “pork barrel” such as the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) and Disbursement Acceleration Program.

Santiago’s pronouncement came in the wake of last week’s indictment by the Office of the Ombudsman of several former members of the House of Representatives accused of receiving kickbacks from Janet Lim-Napoles.