Million People March

Million People March 

The so called Million People March was the first of an ongoing series of protests in the Philippines calling for the total abolition of the Pork Barrel fund,triggered by public anger over the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam.They want people to know that through internet or social media (mainly on Facebook and Twitter ) on August 26, 2013 at Luneta Park in Manila as well as other cities nationwide and overseas.Some media commentators consider this as the first ever massive rally in the Philippines called and organised mostly through social media channels.There were also several demonstrations that happened around key cities in the Philippines and some location overseas.

MANILA, Philippines Since the controversy surrounding the alleged P10 billion pork barrel scam broke out, there has been a torrent of articles and photos that have linked the now fugitive Janet Lim-Napoles to several legislators. Most of the articles which first came out in the Philippine Daily Inquirer allege that Napoles put up a number of non-government organizations or NGOs that accept financial allocations from certain legislators’ Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for projects. The NGOs turned out to be fake, with Napoles and the legislators themselves said to have pocketed the money.

With each expose, thousands of people have vented their anger through social media. Everyone’s timeline would show a link, an acerbic status post, and some excerpts from the recent Commission on Audit (COA) report on the PDAF allocations. Just like the steady wave of stories on Napoles, other angles have been coming to light. All of them, however, remain allegations.