Nine senators invented ‘insertions’ bypass of pork ban

To assign infamy where infamy is due, nine incumbent senators (some up for reelection next year) invented the brazen stratagem of using insertions in the budget to neutralize and bypass the emphatic Supreme Court decision on November 19, 2013, which ruled that the Priority Developmenrt Assistance Fund (PDAF) is unconstitutional.

Let’s call them the Intrepid Nine (like the magnificent seven and the dirty dozen in the movies) because it takes bravado and insolence to defy a ruling of the Supreme Court. To get away with the maneuver you need the guile and smarts of James Bond. In the Filipino milieu, you need, in addition, a thick face (kapal ng mukha).