Following the Supreme Court decision declaring the unconstitutionality of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), the House of Representatives said it will not contest  the ruling and will focus instead on legislating laws and exercising its oversight functions. 

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. led the House of Representatives in pledging to fast-track the approval of the proposed P14.6 billion supplemental budget for 2013 to fund the massive relief and rehabilitation efforts in areas devastated by super typhoon “Yolanda” (international code name: Haiyan).

The 294 members of the House of Representatives led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. each donated P10,000 from their respective monthly salaries to raise some P3 million in aid for victims of supertyphoon “Yolanda” (international code name: Haiyan). 

Led by Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., the House of Representatives has called for the realignment of the unreleased Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) for 2013 to augment the Calamity Fund and aid in the ongoing relief and rehabilitation efforts for victims of monster typhoon “Yolanda.”

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. urged Filipinos spared by the wrath of supertyphoon “Yolanda” to take a  constructive role in helping their fellow countrymen in areas hit by the catastrophic storm get back on their feet.