Transactional politics lives again
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The “boss ko kayo” (you’re my boss) principle of Noynoy appears to have been applied to the 278 or so members of the House of Representatives in striking a deal for the 2011 budget, that, despite Noy’s incessant harping about his administration’s commitment not to waste a single centavo of public money, has been compromised with the Speaker, with blessings from Malacañang, divvying up lump sums on top of the priority development assistance fund (PDAF) or more bluntly, pork.
Thus, while now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Arroyo was all black and blue from the bashing that Noynoy dealt her in his 100-day report, which was mainly a continuation of his bravado about change since the campaign period, she in turn was rewarded with a healthy P2.2 billion in pork to keep her in the pink of happy health.
Also apportioned out were Road Users Tax (RUT) proceeds that would give each congressman except for party-list representatives P25 million despite Noynoy and his allies hitting the practice in the past of using RUT money as political doleouts.
The fact that the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has agreed to the financial packages for House members in the 2011 budget showed Noynoy’s imprimatur on it..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101010com1.html
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