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“The Makati City government has remitted to the Bureau of Treasury the amount of P54.7 million representing unutilized Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) coursed through the city by the Office of the Vice President, and former and current legislators,” reports Anna Liza Villas-Alavaren in Manila Bulletin.
Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin S. Binay was quoted as saying, “The city government of Makati decided to remit the unutilized PDAF in compliance with the decision of our Supreme Court. Makati is, after all, just the custodian of the fund. The legislators are the ones who decide where they want to use their PDAF.”
Based on the list submitted by the City Treasurer to the national treasury, the unutilized PDAF came from the Office of the Vice President, former and current legislators, namely, Senator Edgardo Angara, former Senator Teresa Aquino-Oreta, former Senator Aquilino Pimentel, and Senator Antonio Trillanes IV.
Also included in the list are former and incumbent Representatives: Emeline Aglipay, Agapito Aquino, Arlene Bag-ao, Mar-Len Abigail Binay, Laarni Cayetano, Neri Javier Colmenares, Zenaida de Castro, Emerenciana de Jesus, Cinchona Gonzales, Monique Yazmin Lagdameo, Teodoro Locsin Jr., Loreta Ann Rosales, Mark Aeron Sambar, Patricia Serenas, Mariano Michael Velarde, Renee Velarde, and Joel Villanueva.
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