TWO top Palace officials on Monday confirmed that former Interior Secretary Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd, indeed, promised local officials P100 million each from the Bottom-Up Budgeting (BuB) program, but denied the offer was made to “bribe” mayors into supporting his candidacy.
In separate talks with The Manila Times, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad and Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. belied allegations that the BuB is a form of “pork barrel” fund.
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