MINORITY BARES PLAN TO BOYCOTT BUDGET HEARINGS
House members, Abad face off over frozen pork
By Gerry Baldo 08/01/2011A face off between legislators and Budget Secretary Florencio Abad over the wholesale withholding of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel of House members is expected today when Abad appears before the House to defend the government’s budget for next year.
Abad is expected to go through the griller on the first day of the budget deliberations in the House of Representatives.
House Minority Leader and Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman said the House minority is seriously “considering” boycotting today’s budget briefing and the succeeding committee hearings because of the continued refusal of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to release the pork barrel funds.
Some legislators said they are waiting for the golden opportunity to question Abad on why he continued to withhold the pork barrel of a good number of lawmakers in the majority and in the minority blocs..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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