Judging by reports on last Saturday’s “people’s congress” in Cebu, and expectations about today’s Luneta rally, the “anti-pork” protest is alive and well.

The proposed P108 million per congressman for 2015, as against the P70 million they had been getting yearly before the Supreme Court voided the Priority Development Assistance Fund and the Disbursement Acceleration Program, shows Malacañang is not prepared to abandon its life of corruption and crime. This has certainly thrown a fresh fast-burning log into the fire.

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