Press Release | Feb 2026

Marcos’
“LGU Pork”

A massive patronage scheme designed to buy loyalty and secure impunity.

A Political Fortress

• Consolidating machinery ahead of 2028 Elections.
• Buying loyalty of local chief executives.
• Distracting from the Flood Control Scandal.

The ₱48.8 Billion Slush Fund

"Robbing frontliners of the bureaucracy to fund political alliances."

Discretionary Control

Unlike the mandated National Tax Allotment, the LGSF is entirely controlled by the President through the DBM.

"Huwag tayong palilinlang... Ang programang ito ay hindi para sa serbisyo, kundi para sa panunuhol."

DBM Circulars 167 & 169

• Mandatory application via the "Ugnayang Bayan Portal."
• A "Scorecard" system for funding decisions.
• Rewarding political allies; punishing critics.

Pure pork barrel disguised as LGU support.

Bureaucrat Capitalism

• Infrastructure projects prone to kickbacks.
• Roads, bridges, and hospitals as "pork" opportunities.
• Using the people’s money to build a political fortress.

The Shell Game

• Wooing "Pink" supporters to isolate the Duterte faction.
• Fake reform agenda (Anti-Dynasty & FOI) as a shield.
• Marcos Jr. as the "biggest fish" in the flood control scam.

Two Sides. One Coin.

"Marcos and Duterte are two sides of the same rotten coin."

Reject Organized Plunder.

Demand that billions be returned for higher wages and social services.