In a Senate Finance Committee hearing, the official also disclosed that the projects of the government’s anti-insurgency task force are identified only during its implementation, prompting Senator Sonny Angara to call the funds for these projects “pork barrel,” GMA News reported.
Canda said for 2021, P19.24 billion was released to NTF-ELCAC, including P16.4 billion for the said SPF.The DBM was not able to submit the updates on the P16.4 billion SPF for NTF-ELCAC, prompting Binay to read a document containing the completion status of the projects, GMA News also reported. Canda said the DBM only allocates funds based on the number of cleared barangays as declared by the NTF-ELCAC.
The DBM was also asked to submit the lists of barangay beneficiaries for the P10 billion SPF for 2023.
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