President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III supports the passing of bill that would not use the name of politicians in government projects. The said bill was proposed by his ally Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero.

Senate Bill No. 2187 will criminalize the practice of naming government projects after public officials and persons associated with them. Under this proposed bill, violators shall be punished with one-year imprisonment and a fine of P100,000 to P1 million depending on the amount of the government project concerned. The bill, however, says that the National Historical Commission of the Philippines may exempt projects depending on its guidelines or regulations.

“President Aquino totally agrees with that. He doesn’t want any projects named after him. All projects are from taxpayers and the taxpayers should be recognized, not the proponents,” Lacierda said.

Escudero stated that naming the government projects is a reflection of “false inflated sense of accomplishment to public officials to their constituency.”