20/10/2025
House Appropriations Chair Congresswoman Suansing tried to defend the “unprogrammed funds” earlier today, stating various reasons why parts of it are still needed (mostly foreign assisted programs).
I think if this was done last year, people wouldn’t have noticed it. Pero ang problem today is that no one trusts Congress anymore. You guys were all there when the flood control ghost projects were committed. You guys were there when patronage politics projects like AICS, AKAP, and/or whatever was planned and implemented with the goal of making those who have less in life “indebted” to you.
Di naman kayo nag-ingay dati e. Panay defense pa nga most of Congress kay Romualdez and Zaldy Co. The silence and the defense of the Congressmen, sadly even the young ones, of their system of patronage and corrupt politics is what led us down this path in the first place.
Any amount of explaining will not pass. Take out unprogrammed funds. Take out anything discretionary that can be used for corruption.
Wala kami tiwala sa inyo. Babantayan namin kayo kasi ang feeling namin the moment na pwede kayo magnakaw, magnanakaw kayo. Ganun kasama at kagalit na ang tao sa inyo.