ADVERTISEMENT“During the birthday party of Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Dec. 17, 2018 in Gen San, President Duterte called for me and told me in very categorical terms that ‘we should abolish the Road Board’,” Pimentel said in a Viber message to reporters on Friday. “Hence, this incident should be clearly indicative of President Duterte’s desire to abolish the board,” the senator said. “The President wants the Road Board abolished!”The senator was echoing Malacanang’s repeated statements that the President would want the Road Board abolished. The Senate and the House are in a stalemate on the issue of abolishing the board, which oversees the road user’s tax. Under the law that created the board, the funds collected from the road user’s tax should be earmarked for maintenance and improvement of the country’s roads, drainage and road safety devices.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 21, 2018 11:15 UTC