Youth group Anakbayan today welcomed the Supreme Court ruling declaring the Priority Development Assistance Funds (PDAF) and presidential pork funds as unconstitutional as a “victory brought about by the people’s collective action.”
“We welcome the SC ruling declaring the PDAF unconstitutional as a victory of the Filipino people’s collective action. It is a step in the right direction. Aquino’s DAP should be next to be declared illegal,” said Vencer Crisostomo, national chair of Anakbayan and convenor of Youth Act Now vs Pork.
Crisostomo said the ruling is a “slap in the face of the Aquino administration which has continually and consistently defended PDAF, DAP and other porky lump sum funds.”
“The ruling sends a clear message to the pork barrel king and the lord of thieves Noynoy Aquino. They should stop the lies and immediately scrap all pork,” he said.
He also condemned the “use of the tragedy brought about by Typhoon Yolanda to justify continued use of pork and to try to preempt and circumvent the SC ruling.”
“Since Day 1 of the tragedy, Aquino has tried to insert the justification of pork funds in his speeches in an effort to influence the court decision. Yesterday, Aquino allies in Congress, in anticipation of the SC ruling has tried to salvage the 2013 pork by realigning it to so-called calamity funds, which are also lump-sum and discretionary in nature. These acts are pure evil,” he said.
He urged continued protests to totally scrap pork and to make accountable those who utilized the illegal pork funds.
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