‘Leadership Funds’: A backdoor budget for lawmakers?

Senator Ping Lacson says leadership funds or 'allocables' are the 'worst version' of the pork barrel as they circumvent the regular budget process

MANILA, Philippines — Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. Antonio Tinio on Friday slammed Malacañang’s claim that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was oblivious of the P24-billion “leadership fund,” saying that he was the one who prepared and signed the 2025 national budget. “The President prepared and signed th