Prostituting Congress under daang matuwid
| FRONTLINE |
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| Ninez Cacho-Olivares |
It’s the same old political story: Pork barrel releases to congressmen are being used as a Malacañang tool to make the congressmen toe the Palace tenant’s line.
Noynoy denounced his predecessor for withholding the pork barrel of those who oppose her, yet clearly, he does the same, and he claims to be the opposite of Gloria Arroyo? What a hypocrite Noynoy is.
A recent report quoted Navotas Rep. Toby Tiangco as saying that Malacañang has not released his pork barrel due to the fact that he did not toe the Palace line in voting for then Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez’s impeachment, as well as his voting against the postponement of the elections of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
He also said that those who voted for the impeachment but voted against the ARMM bill only got half of their pork barrel, while those who voted in both cases got their pork barrel in full..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110723com2.html
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