If Sen. Francis Escudero thinks that his resignation as Senate Finance committee chairman will defuse the controversy over senators’ insertions in the 2015 budget, he should rethink his position and strategy.

His political ploy answers nothing – because it falls way, way short, of what the media and the public are asking: what were the insertions made in the budget; who made the insertions, and how much were the insertions made by each senator in this blatant defiance of the Supreme Court decision on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).