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PDAF abolition not easy after all, Drilon finds out Oct 18th 2013, 23:50 MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Franklin Drilon said on Friday he has yet to muster a consensus in the Senate on the deletion of their pork barrel funds from the 2014 budget.   Drilon said on Friday he might have to talk with each senator to persuade them to delete or "waive" their P200-million Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) from the proposed P2.268-trillion 2014 national budget.   Stung by allegations of a P10-billion pork barrel scam, President Benigno Aquino III earlier instructed his allies in Congress to delete the PDAF or pork barrel.   But while newspaper reports have put the number of proabolition senators at 17, Drilon... Keep on reading: PDAF abolition not easy after all, Drilon finds out Media files: drilon1.jpg (image/jpeg)

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