Noynoy’s allies finding ways to realign poll budget to pork By Gerry Baldo and Benjamin B. Pulta 08/23/2010

Noynoy’s allies finding ways to realign poll budget to pork

By Gerry Baldo and Benjamin B. Pulta 08/23/2010 Allies of President Aquino in the House of Repre-sentatives are finding ways to postpone the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections in October this year and channel funds allotted for it to their pork barrel. According to Camarines Sur Rep. Luis Villafuerte, there is a legal remedy to realign the P3.3-billion budget allotted for the barangay elections to basic social services and infrastructure development. “We will have a separate enabling law, which we will consider concurrently with the posponement of barangay elections. That is the remedy,” Villafuerte, a former member of the Lakas-Kampi-CMD, said. He added many lawmakers are inclined to support the move that he would be filing in Congress with the support of several other lawmakers, 22 of whom have already filed separate proposals to postpone the barangay polls..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100823hed2.html

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