Here are the Seven Senators who did not have Foreign Travel Expense
SEVEN SENATORS – These seven senators did not spend the public’s money for foreign travel expense in 2017.
The Philippine Senate is composed of 24 senators who have the power to make the law. The lower house is the House of the Representatives.
Elected senators will serve the government for 6 years with 2 consecutive terms. The Senate is also the training ground for the
Being a senator takes a lot of responsibility, expenses, and busy schedule. The expenditures of the upper chamber are recorded and available for public viewing in accomplice with Section 20, Article VI.
“The records and books of accounts of the Congress shall be preserved and be open to the public in accordance with law, and such books shall be audited by the Commission on Audit which shall publish annually an itemized list of amounts paid to and expenses incurred for each Member.”
Based on a report from ABS-CBN, the total expense of the Senate reached up to P1,862,612,237.28.
Last 2017, seven Senators had zero expense on foreign trips. They are Joel Villanueva, Antonio Trillanes IV, Sonny Angara, Manny Pacquiao, Vicente Sotto, Francis Pangilinan, and the detained senator Leila de Lima.
According to the report, the expenses were recorded from January 1 to December 31, 2017, titled “Itemized List of Expenses for Each Senator.”
The person spent the lowest amount of public money is Senator Francis Escudero. He only used P121, 562.00.
Among the Filipino Senators who used the public money for travel were:
Migz Zubiri – P1,048,404.08
Cynthia Villar – P1,605,312.61
Loren Legarda – P1,324,459.64
Richard Gordon – P1,429,682.39
Former Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano (January 1 – May 30, 2017) – P1,128,041.50
Based on the report, the big spender of all the senators was Senate President Koko Pimentel and former Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon.
Drilon used P1,801,422.50 public money for foreign trips while Pimentel spent P3,947,530.60.
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