Solon wants more pork - Says P70M not enough

[digitalsuperman]

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MANILA, Philippines—A member of the House of Representatives wants the pork barrel fund increased, citing the rising cost of construction materials needed for congressional district projects.

Sorsogon Representative Jose Solis filed House Bill 1232 seeking to increase the discretionary funds of lawmakers “to adopt to the present high cost of commodities, especially construction materials.”

He did not say by how much the discretionary funds should be increased.

Each House member gets as much as P70 million from the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Various Infrastructure and Local Projects (VILP).

“The irregular, anemic and sometimes regressive annual adjustments in the aforesaid congressional funds, which have not taken into account the continuous rise in the prices of labor and construction materials, have correspondingly failed to stem the tide of widespread poverty and check the advance of disillusionment of the people,” Solis said.

He said the PDAF of House members had stayed at P30 million per lawmaker since 2007, while the VILP fund has been at P40 million per lawmaker since 2006.

The VILP was at P50 million in 2003 and 2004, and even plunged to P20 million in 2005 and 2006, he pointed out.

Senators, on the other hand, get P200 million a year in discretionary or pork barrel funds.

The pork barrel has gotten an unsavory reputation as a source of kickbacks for lawmakers, who deny the allegations.

Solis said the global financial crunch necessitates pump-priming responses from the government, which include stimulating the domestic demand to offset the drying-up of the export markets.

“The congressional discretionary fund was conceived precisely to augment the existing meager funds countryside development,” he said. “These funds have remained to be the most flexible, expeditious and responsive pro-poor instrument for progress in our districts.”

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[FKtemp]

kaning pork ilahos pa lng ni sa LGU. Para patas ang pag distribute.

[PentiumPoor]

na nigawas na gud ang mga kinaiya nga "buaya"....

[ricky_caver]

Putang ina nila, di nga nila ma explain o ma justify kung saan nila ginastos yung P70 million nila every year, dodoblehin pa nila. That Rep. Jose Solis said this morning interview with Igan, doble dapat gusto nila, eh kung dito nga sa Samar (Rep. Sharre Ann Tan), di kaya ipaliwanag kung saan niya ginamit yung P210 million (2007-2009) pork barrel niya eh. Pareho sila ng mother nya (Samar Gov. Mila Tan) hindi rin maipaliwanag sa COA kung saan napunta yung P300 IRA nga probinsya.

Para sa mga Congressmen, ok lang sana magdagdag kayo ng prok barrel kung naipapaliwanag nyo sa constituents kung saan napupunta yan.. obviously sa mga bulsa nyo..

[davanitz]

baga kaayo ug nawong ning mga tawhana. wala pa gyud ni cla matagbaw ug pangawkaw, pun-an pa ba gyud!!

[digitalsuperman]

kabantay mo sa article? senators receive 200 million annually from pork barrel? then to think walay silay gi represent na lugar or district.

[vp-rakista]

ok ra unta if gamiton para sa katawhan... dapat suportaan nila concrete project plan then open for audit and public inquiries

[rig]

Nah pork barrel barrel pa lang daan, ang nasud sakong huna2 kurakot dayon.
Daghang malipay ani kung ma.approve ni sa congress, labina ang mga kawatan.

[joshua259]

kani maoy angay ninyo rallihan oh....... mag sige mo og reklamo sa presidente nga dili mana siya ang nag koput sa pork barrel. nya dili sad siya ang nag distribute sa kwarta sa Philippinas...

kana klaro gud kaayo nang mga corrupt ang nag kupot og nag distribute anang pork barrel.

[FKtemp]

kani maoy angay ninyo rallihan oh....... mag sige mo og reklamo sa presidente nga dili mana siya ang nag koput sa pork barrel. nya dili sad siya ang nag distribute sa kwarta sa Philippinas...

kana klaro gud kaayo nang mga corrupt ang nag kupot og nag distribute anang pork barrel.

Ang Department of Budget and Management maoy tig release aning pork barrel.

ambot kang kinsa ni under nga department.