$1B Appro for Bataan Nuke Plant to go to the administration’s campaign kitty

Posted by Chuck Baclagon on February 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

AKBAYAN Representative and deputy minority leader Risa Hontiveros revealed today that the proposed $1 billion appropriation for the rehabilitation of the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant will most likely be used to finance the administration’s 2010 campaign. “Malaki ang paghihinala namin na ang $1 bilyong pondong ito ay gagamitin para sa darating na eleksyon,” she said. “The administration is literally going nuclear – or toxic – this 2010 elections.”

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