Aquino allies retaliate, tag Arroyo road fund ‘highway robbery’

MANILA, Philippines ? Partylist lawmakers allied with President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday turned the tables on Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, branding the P2.2 billion infrastructure budget she would get for her district as ‘highway robbery.’ Akbayan Representative Walden Bello and Arlene ‘Kaka’ Bag-ao said the former President ‘legislated the budget for the second district of Pampanga while she was President to secure her political interests.’ In a change of heart, Bello also pushed for the P21-billion conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of the Department of…

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Aquino allies retaliate, tag Arroyo road fund ‘highway robbery’