Pity yourselves. This was Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s “advice” to his colleagues in the Senate early Thursday as he bared whopping allocations for infrastructure projects in at least 220 districts.
In his interpellation of the Department of Public Works and Highways’ proposed 2021 budget, Lacson said the allocations ranged from a low of P620 million to a high of P15.351 billion.
“Mr. President, distinguished colleagues, all I can say is pity yourselves. Those of us who may have individual insertions would look like barangay kagawads compared to our House (of Representatives) counterparts,” he said.
He said at least 220 districts got P1 billion and up, while the remaining districts got at least P620 million.
The allocations per district amount to a total of P474,804,707,000, he said.
“Remember when we questioned the P396B in lump sum appropriations, they came out with an addendum. But the addendum exceeded the P396B, umabot siya ng P474B,” he added.
Lacson also noted a list of 739 line items for multi-purpose with a uniform allocation of P1M each.
“Ang total po lahat nito P474,804,707,000. Yan ang allocations per district,” he said.
But Lacson chose not to place the names of the districts nor the names of the district representatives “because I want to focus on the issue at hand instead of the personalities involved.”
Also, Sen. Lacson noted his source here came from the House itself.
“Our source here is the House itself. And according to our sources, they had a hand in the preparation of this list. So I am not blaming the department when it appears this way, Mr. President, because practically mga congressmen ang may gawa ng listahan na ito,” he said.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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