pdaf scam in the philippines
Republic of the Philippines
Leyte Normal University
Social Work Department
Tacloban City
Subject: HBSE2: PHILIPPINE SOCIAL REALITIES & SOCIAL WELFARE
Title: ISSUE ANALYSIS PAPER (PDAF scam)
Date Submitted: September 30, 2013
PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND
(PDAF)
I. INTRODUCTION
The history of ‘pork barrel’ started way back on 1922, during the American colonial period. The PDAF in its current form was reintroduced on 1986 during Corazon Aquino’s administration with the creation of the Countryside Development Fund (CDF) in 1990, since Ferdinand Marcos blocked or stopped this pork barrel system during his dictatorship. But on Corazon’s administration the budget for CDF was relieve with ₱2.3 billion in initial funding, it was designed for legislators to fund infrastructure or community projects. The program or system had different names over the years, including the Countryside Development Fund (CDF), Congressional Initiative Fund, and currently the Priority Development Assistance Fund which was renamed in 2000, during the administration of Joseph Estrada. Since 2008, every member in the House of the Representatives receives an annual PDAF of ₱70 million, while on the senate or the senators receives an annual allocation of 200 million & the President also benefits from a PDAF-like allocation, the President's Social Fund (PSF), worth around ₱1 billion. PDAF allocation has gradually increased over the years, before Arroyo stepped down, the last PDAF for the year 2010 at ₱10.86 billion, but when the Benigno Aquino III administration passed its first budget for 2011, the allocation more than doubled to ₱24.62 billion. This Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or also known in the Philippines as “pork barrel” is a funds that is being allocated to the members of the Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate. This was designed to give legislators easy access to capital so that they can earmark
Leyte Normal University
Social Work Department
Tacloban City
Subject: HBSE2: PHILIPPINE SOCIAL REALITIES & SOCIAL WELFARE
Title: ISSUE ANALYSIS PAPER (PDAF scam)
Date Submitted: September 30, 2013
PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FUND
(PDAF)
I. INTRODUCTION
The history of ‘pork barrel’ started way back on 1922, during the American colonial period. The PDAF in its current form was reintroduced on 1986 during Corazon Aquino’s administration with the creation of the Countryside Development Fund (CDF) in 1990, since Ferdinand Marcos blocked or stopped this pork barrel system during his dictatorship. But on Corazon’s administration the budget for CDF was relieve with ₱2.3 billion in initial funding, it was designed for legislators to fund infrastructure or community projects. The program or system had different names over the years, including the Countryside Development Fund (CDF), Congressional Initiative Fund, and currently the Priority Development Assistance Fund which was renamed in 2000, during the administration of Joseph Estrada. Since 2008, every member in the House of the Representatives receives an annual PDAF of ₱70 million, while on the senate or the senators receives an annual allocation of 200 million & the President also benefits from a PDAF-like allocation, the President's Social Fund (PSF), worth around ₱1 billion. PDAF allocation has gradually increased over the years, before Arroyo stepped down, the last PDAF for the year 2010 at ₱10.86 billion, but when the Benigno Aquino III administration passed its first budget for 2011, the allocation more than doubled to ₱24.62 billion. This Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or also known in the Philippines as “pork barrel” is a funds that is being allocated to the members of the Philippine House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate. This was designed to give legislators easy access to capital so that they can earmark