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Junketing is essential to lawmaking -Senators

By Website Introductions at 05/27/08 11:14

Oftentimes, legislators in the Philippine congress go abroad using government funds to, as the legislators say, gather experience and ideas that are more advanced than that in the Philippines. This trips, called 'junkets', are heavily criticized by the public for the allegedly waste of taxpayers' money.

In the launching of Senator Aquilino Pimentel's book, "Junketing: Senatorial Style", defends the practice as something essential to lawmaking but he admits that these trips may be abused by the lawmakers if unchecked. For more details, read this article on Inquirer.

News: Congress leaders say ‘junkets’ essential to lawmaking - Philippine News for Filipinos