AND NO, the SARO is not a special lechon sauce.
What is a Special Allotment Release Order, or SARO, and why is it important to those who simply love the Priority Assistance Development Fund, otherwise known as the pork barrel fund?
Anyone with a cursory interest in the pork barrel of legislators would be very familiar with the SARO. In fact, any legislator who wants to have his pork and eat it too, has no choice but to court the speedy release of his SARO.
For today’s Data a Day, we ask you dear readers:
What do you know of the SARO, and what is its connection to the PDAF?
For the answer to that question, check out the PCIJ’s MoneyPolitics Online database, or go straight to the Data A Day page here.