REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: The Upper and Lower House of PIGS

Senator Lacson in 2003 not 2013: “We now must move to abolish the pork barrel system. We must see its end during our watch without need to mourn its loss. It is a virus of corruption that must die.”

“There is nothing in the pork barrel system that gives us pride. There is only everything that makes us hide in shame.”

Reporter's Notebook - 20 August 2013