MANILA, Philippines – Senate President Franklin Drilon on Monday said the Senate was working hard to "recover the confidence of the people" amid the lawmakers' alleged misuse of their Priority Development and Assistance Fund (PDAF) or "pork barrel". "The people are angry…even towards the whole institution. Perhaps this will be a challenge to us to be able to recover the confidence of the people in our Senate as a democratic institution," Drilon said in an interview with Radyo Inquirer 990AM. The Senate President admitted that the people were looking down on the institution but said the "cleansing process" only proves that democracy is working in the Philip...
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