Over the years, lawmakers have mastered the art of bastardizing the budget, the most important piece of legislation that Congress passes every year. Based on how they mangled the 2023 to 2025 budgets, it would appear that the present crop of legislators has outdone all past congresses in terms of the enormity of the amount and degree of shamelessness in abusing their power of the purse.

Bong Go on his former undersecretary Lloyd Christopher Lao of the Pharmally scandal: He was never under me or was my aide. If he has done something wrong, then hold him accountable for it. On the Discayas and connection of his father’s CLTG construction form: ““Hindi ko kilala ang mga Discaya Kung may anomalya, kasuhan nyo ang pamilya ko. Ako pa ang complainant .

What we need are crime busters. Magalong is not. No unapologetic Duterte protector can be a crime buster.