IF lawmakers must give up their pork barrel, all government agencies that have been receiving lump sum allocations and additional funding must do so too, Senate minority leader Vicente Sotto 3rd said on Monday.

Sotto said abolishing the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) of senators and congressmen will not guarantee that public funds will no longer be misused.

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