Photo of student crossing river on cable should shame PDAF thieves

I felt so ashamed when I saw the picture, on the front page of the Oct. 1 issue of the Inquirer, of a young student doing a “high wire act” to cross a river on his way to school! I immediately rushed to an Internet café to e-mail this letter and express my disgust through your widely read

paper.

Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)?!!!! Some quarters support the PDAF’s retention, saying that legislators are in a better position to know the priority needs of their constituents. I say, “Wrong!” The front-page picture told us the PDAF is a most “brutal” way of deceit foisted on our people.

I estimated that around P2 million to P3 million will be needed to construct a bridge for this “absolutely priority project” to keep children safe from a possibly deadly harm. The barangay development council, the municipal development council and the provincial development council are in the best position to know what is priority for the people, period.

—JUNIPER DOMINGUEZ,

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