As far as Malacañang is concerned the scandal over lawmakers’ misuse of public funds has not tainted the Mr. Clean image of President Benigno Aquino 3rd.

The Palace did not agree with Reuters reporter Manuel Mogato’s analysis that the pork barrel issue “has become the biggest crisis of Aquino’s three-year rule, tainting his carefully crafted image as a corruption fighter and undermining his ability to push economic reforms.”

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