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"speaker_name": "Eldas, JP",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Adan Keynan",
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"content": "Lastly, there are those trying to equate NG-CDF to the pork-barrel policy in the U.S. Congress. These are ignorant people who do not understand legislative history. Let me educate them. The pork-barrel policy arose after World War II. It is one of the tools used by Congress to let a Member have oversight funds at their disposal, managed not by the Member, but by their office for certain emerging pertinent issues in their congressional district. But NG-CDF is completely different. It is not managed by the Member of Parliament. The Member of Parliament is just that, a Member of Parliament. NG-CDF is managed by a legal entity, the NG-CDF Board, through its structures. Where does the Member of Parliament come in? Therefore, there is no correlation or resemblance between the pork barrel politics in the Congress of the United States of America (USA) and the National Government Constituencies Development Fund (NG-CDF). Those who want to equate the two are ignorant of the history of Congress and of the NG-CDF. They have also not applied their minds to the true intent of the NG-CDF. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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