Enrile admits excluding 4 Senator-critics from ‘cash gifts’

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'CALLING A SPADE A SPADE.' Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile admits he refused to give 4 of his critics in the Senate 'further additional funds.' He said, "I stand by the exercise of my sole discretion." File photo by Joseph Vidal/Senate PRIB
Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile confirmed that he refused to give 4 senators additional funds under the Senate’s Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses or MOOE before the Christmas break. The 4 Senators are Miriam Defensor Santiago, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano and Antonio Trillanes IV – either his vocal critics or members of the Senate minority.  The Senate President was responding to a Philippine Daily Inquirer report that came out Wednesday which said he gave 18 senators P1.6 million each as a cash gift billed as “additional MOOE” but he approved only P250,000 each to the 4 senators mentioned. Enrile insisted that he exercised “prudence and equity” in handling Senate funds but stood by his decision not to give more money to his 4 critics.


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