Lawmakers get as much as P15-B 'pork' - Lacson

Senator Panfilo Lacson revealed that some lawmakers are receiving substantial pork barrel allocations worth billions of pesos.

- By DHEL NAZARIO

In an interview on One News late Wednesday, July 9, Lacson stated some members of the House of Representatives reportedly get up to P15 billion while some senators receive from P5 billion to P10 billion.

Lacson said that before the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, senators had only P200 million in pork and congressmen had P70 million.

"Now, there are senators receiving P5 billion, some even P10 billion, and congressmen getting as much as P15 billion," he said.