Jinggoy: We're not obliged to check NGOs getting pork

[raisingsun]

mga kaPT comment kung ano masasabi nyo sa statement ng butihing senador....

MANILA – Lawmakers have no responsibility to verify the existence of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that receive their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel, a multimillion-peso amount allocated to them every year that's now the subject of a corruption scandal.

This is according to Senator Jinggoy Estrada, one of five senators whose PDAF reportedly went to bogus organizations created by alleged scammer Janet Lim Napoles.

Estrada said it is the Department of Agriculture's job to check NGOs receiving pork barrel funds.

"It is not up to the senators to determine whether an NGO is bogus or not," he told reporters on Thursday.

"Alangan naman na kami pa ang magsasabi na, 'Uy, bogus 'yan.' How will we know?" Estrada added that lawmakers only endorse NGOs, and that they do so in good faith.

He said he himself he himself would like to get to the bottom of the P10-billion pork barrel scam, despite being implicated in it.

"Gusto ko lang malaman sa mga kinauukulan kung saan talaga napunta 'yong para sa ating magsasaka dahil ang ating mga magsasaka, mga kababayan nating mahirap, sila mismo ang nagre-request sa aking tanggapan na sila ay mabigyan ng ayuda," said Estrada.

Meanwhile, Estrada said Napoles was his "acquaintance," and they only met during parents' meetings in school, where his daughter and her nephew were classmates.

He clarified that he never had business dealings with Napoles and did not know if the PDAF endorsements he signed before were actually for her.

"I wouldn't have known," he said.

[payazoxiii]

whew puro nmn ganyan e puro nlang excuses ala n ba bago?

[jboyzxxx]

paulet ulet na lang mga pulitiko sa atin.. nakakainis...

[Itachi101]

same story as always
sad sad

[¿m☺ÿ]

mataas ang respeto ko kay Jinggoy pero this time, i will not agree doon sa sinabi niya kahit pa totoong wala siyang alam sa pangyayari dahil maaring naloko lang siya eh bilang isang public servant, he should not just give a very huge blindly na hindi niya alam kung totoong ito ay nagagamit sa intended purpose na sinabi sa kanya....
 

[xmen123]

ang palusot ng mga politiko, kahit sinong politiko talaga madumi yan kahit may nagagawa pa

[monde8]

Negative din ako sa sinasabi ni Jinggoy. Who in the right sense of mind would give funds to something that they don't even know if it really exists? Like come on, you should know where you are spending the taxes which were hardly earned by the people that you are serving. Or if indeed na totoo man sinasabi niya, ganung lang ba talaga ang systema na kahit hindi mo alam kung saan pupunta ang pera eh magbibigay ka lang ng magbibigay?

[EagleEye]

This is complete BS. Kailangan na talaga palitan sistema so govt. natin

[Asiong Salonga]

Ang gagaling nyong ipahiya si corona masmasahol pa pala kayo

[GoodnightGuy]

ungas ka... samantalang di mo kasi pera ang pinamimigay mo kaya wala kang pakialam kung san mapupunta eh. or dahil kasi alam mo kung san mapupunta? sa bulsa mo!

[bohica]

ungas ka... samantalang di mo kasi pera ang pinamimigay mo kaya wala kang pakialam kung san mapupunta eh. or dahil kasi alam mo kung san mapupunta? sa bulsa mo!

Tumpak!  Palibhasa hindi mo pera!  Pangit ka na, gago ka pa Jinggoy.

[yakitako]

Kapal ng mukha nito.  Wala silang obligation to look into the existence of bogus Foundations and NGOs?  Bakit yung mga secret bank accounts, nakakalkal nila?  Palibhasa kasi, sasabit sila dito kaya ganyan ang attitude nila sa issue na ito.

[Ozymandias]

Labo ni pareng Jinggoy! Di sila obliged to check the NGOs pero gusto nya malaman kung saan nila ginagamit...ano ba talaga pare   

[TonyStark]

Hindi nman cguro tama kung sabihin mong di mo alam. pperma k lang ba ng isang endorsement na di mo alam kung kanino galing?

Baka tama ang hinala ng taong bayan sayo.

[Prime™]

That's the point. Hindi nyo alam.

Why do you guys have the money? It's in your job description to make laws, so I don't see bakit kelangan dumaan sa kamay nila ang pera. Doesn't make any sense.

First law they should pass? Ban political dynasties. Do it, and maniniwala akong may nagbabago na nga. Why? Maraming tatamaan. From top to bottom.


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