Solons deny allegation of pocketing P100M
By Angie M. Rosales 06/11/2011Senators yesterday vehemently denied charges that additional P100 million appropriation was “promised” by Malacanang to those who voted for the approval of the law postponing this year’s Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
“There was no such offer at all. I, for one can attest to that,” Senate President Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada told reporters in an interview.
The lawmaker denounced the claims being peddled by those lobbying against the measure saying that they acted on the bill without any quid pro quo.
The said amount is allegedly on top of their usual appropriation of over P200 million priority development assistance fund (PDAF) under the 2011 national budget..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/nation/20110611nat1.html
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