CORRUPT PRACTICES RESULT IN FUND DIVERSION
Senate to ax body managing road tax
By Angie M. Rosales 11/01/2010The Senate is moving for the abolition of the Road Board, a seven-man body that oversees the billions of pesos of collections from the road user’s tax, which was earlier exposed by Sen. Miriam Defensor-Santiago as being responsible for alleged anomalous disbursements of up to P1 billion of the funds.
Sen. Franklin Drilon yesterday said he will seek the abolition of the board in view of continuing charges that the motor vehicle user’s charge (MVUC) or road user’s tax’s use is prone to corruption.
The Road Board is composed of the Public Works Secretary who serves as the ex-officio head and the finance, budget and transportation secretaries. The remaining three members come from transport and motorist organizations.
In the 2004 presidential elections, the Tribune first exposed the misuse of the road tax for the presidential.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20101101hed1.html
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