5 of the senatorial bets declared that should they win in the May elections, they will not use their pork barrel fund whcih amounts to 200 Million a year for each senator.
The 5 senatoriables who said no to pork barrel fund are
ex-Navy Ltsg. Antonio Trillanes IV
Re electionist senator Panfilo Lacson
Martin Bautista
Zosimo Jesus Paredes II
and Adrian Sison
The following article gives more insight on the issue:
November 4th, 2008
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