2-583: The Priority Development Assistance Fund ( PDAF ) was a discretionary fund in the Philippines available to members of Congress . Originally established as the Countrywide Development Fund (CDF) in 1990, it was designed to allow legislators to fund small-scale infrastructure or community projects which fell outside the scope of the national infrastructure program, which was often restricted to large infrastructure items. The PDAF
4-581: Was commonly called the " pork barrel ", and was the subject of much public criticism following exposés on abuses perpetuated by members of Congress on use of the fund in 1996 and 2013 . On November 19, 2013, the Supreme Court declared the PDAF unconstitutional , thereby abolishing it. This Philippines -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Discretionary spending Too Many Requests If you report this error to
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