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    "id": 957063,
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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Poghisio",
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        "legal_name": "Samuel Losuron Poghisio",
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    "content": "turn down from a position that we have taken so that we can actually prove that we defend counties. The tendency is to think that CARA is a panacea. Passing the CARA alone and having money in the counties is not necessarily the end of our struggles about how monies are spent. It is common knowledge that while we are waiting eagerly for this money to go down and the executives in the counties are waiting; it is not all for the good cause. There is a kind of an unwritten code that you become a governor so that you can become rich. I do not know where that came from. I do not understand why all of a sudden, from the lifestyle of these people we elected to these positions that monies must be pilfered. Where did that code come from? I do not understand which school teaches people that you must benefit from the resources given to your county. While we agree that monies go the counties, we still have to keep an eye on those monies as they go to the counties so that they do what they need to do. Development is lacking. If we look at the allocation that we are giving now, very soon county governments will have supplementary budgets just to change things around for their own use. Very soon people will be hired and employed at will and increasing the wage bill so that development suffers. While I support that we do this, we will vote for it. It is also in our interest that we protect our counties and people, by watching very keenly how the monies are spent. Mr. Deputy Speaker, Sir, let me just end by saying that for counties that are far from the center, the counties where the poverty index is very high, I know the money they are receiving is not sufficient, but we would like to ask county governments to prioritize the things that mean so much to the people when they receive this money; water, food security and make sure that our people realize or recognize that they are being provided for. With those remarks, I support."
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