Philippine President Benigno Aquino III announced that the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel will be ‘abolished’ and a new system will be set up.
Is this just pork barrel with a new name?
Here is an infographic of how the government will handle the new system.
PDAF has been the source of corruption in the government. The “Million March Protest”, attended by ten of thousands of Filipinos, was held against the pork barrel on August 26th.
