Opinion by Edmayelle Alforja

PDAF In or Out?

3rd in District II Makati

Are you familliar with the Priority Developemt Assistance Fund or PDAF? It is the fund for the projects of our government. So, What do you think? Is it in or out?

Today, many Filipino people are calling to abolish the PDAF. Why? Because other governmet officials misused it. According to the Commission on Audit (COA), only 10 percent of the fund went to projects and the rest disappeared.

The legislators and law makers' role is not to corrupt. Aren't they supposed to make laws? Can they see what is happening? All of us are affected. Well, We think we know the answer. The fund goes in their pocket. Other law officers are making a fake project just to have money.

This scam is very known. No matter where we go, we can hear something about this. Well, we know that the government officials can work this out. Why did we vote them? Because we know that they can be trusted. Sometimes, it is not easy to get someone's trust. We We have to put a lot of effort because if they can see that we can be trusted, the people will respect us. We are just sad because they have already get used in corrupting. 

We believe that if we work hard, we can achieve our dreams. By doing our little way, in our young age, we can do something. Before we go somewhere, let us ask permission to our beloved parents. In school, when taking the test do not cheat. Let's be honest in everything we do. If we didn't achieve what we want, let us not give up. God has planned something for us. Let us just wait for the right time. We just hope that this government officials learned something from what they did...