PORK BARREL & PUBLIC FINANCE

Lidy Nacpil
Vice-President, Freedom from Debt Coalition
For the #MillionPeopleMarch @ Ayala
4 October 2013 Ayala cor. Paseo de Roxas, Makati City

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Total NG Revenues end-2012

84.08 Billion 27.793 Billion 8.348 Billion 53.539 Billion 0.099 Billion

Bureau of Treasury Income (5.5%) Fees and other Charges (1.8%) Privatization (0.5%) Other Non-Tax Revenues (3.5%) Grants (0.006%) Tax Revenues (88.7%)
1.361 Trillion as of end-2012 Source: Bureau of Treasury

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Proposed NG Spending for 2014, by sector

NET LENDING (0.3%) P7.41B GEN. PUBLIC SERVICES (9.7%) P270.49B DEFENSE (3.35%) P928.50B Source: 2014 Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing, Department of Budget and Management

TOTAL SUBSIDY TO LGUs (13.4%) P374.77 DEBT SERVICE (29.2%) P816.99B

SOCIAL SECURITY, LABOR AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES (7.9%) P221.91

HOUSING (0.1%) P3.43 HEALTH (3.5%) P989.26 EDUCATION (13.9%) P389.52B

AGRI, AR & NATURAL RESOURCES (5.8%) P162.49B TRADE & INDUSTRY (0.3%) P8.41B TOURISM (0.2%) P6.35B

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POWER, WATER, TRANSPO, COMM & OTHER ECON SERVICES (12.3%) P342.90B

Proposed NG Spending for 2014: agency budget, debt service and pork
39.7 Billion
Departments and Agencies (47.5%)

25.4 Billion 117.5 Billion

284.7 Billion

Automatic Debt Servicing (33.4%) Unprogrammed Fund (4.8%)

1.162 Trillion

Priority Development Assistance Fund/Congressional Pork (1.04%)

Other Special Purpose Funds (11.6%) Off-Budget (PCSO, Malampaya, Motor Vehicles User's Charge; projected)

816.987 Billion

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Sources: 2014 National Expenditure Program and Budget of Expenditures and Sources of Financing, Department of Budget and Management.

1. Scrap ALL Pork and install an alternative that

will ensure the public money is strictly and absolutely for the use and benefit of all Filipinos

2. Accounting of all the discretionary funds spent and to push for transparency in all
levels of government

3. Investigation of those who misused public funds and prosecute and punish all those
involved.
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Immediate Passage of Peoples

Freedom of Information Bill

(FOI)

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Comprehensive, Independent

Citizens Audit
of PORK,
Debt and other Questionable Spending of Public Funds

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Basic Reforms

BUDGET PROCESS
Fully Participatory and Transparent

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