Former Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel ‘Way Kurat’ Zamora. INQUIRER FILE PHOTO
DAVAO CITY, Philippines–Former Compostela Valley Rep. Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora denied he received P3 billion in pork barrel funds from 2007 to 2009 as shown in a Commission on Audit report released Friday.
Zamora said he only received a total of P210 million for the three years, or P70 million per year.
“That’s my computation. Now, I’m asking ‘what is the breakdown of that P3 billion?'” he told the INQUIRER by phone.
He said the P3 billion might have included projects that were funded by other “government agencies or foreign donors.”
“If that were the case, then it’s not PDAF,” he said, referring to the Priority Development Assistance Fund.
“It’s impossible that I got P3 billion because I did not,” he added.
Zamora said all his PDAF, a total of P630 Million for his nine years as Compostela Valley representative, went to projects like road concreting, water systems and school buildings.