THE pork barrel scandal has seriously damaged the credibility and integrity of Congress but former senator and now rehabilitation czar Panfilo Lacson believes that members of the Senate and House of Representatives can recover from the controversy through “self-cleansing.”

Lacson noted that the credibility of Congress lies in the behavior of its members. The pork scam, he said, arose from the way lawmakers used their annual priority development assistance fund (PDAF).

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