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The '''Fertilizer Fund Scam''' is a [[Philippines|Philippine]] political controversy involving accusations that [[Department of Agriculture (Philippines)|Agrigulture Undersecretary]] [[Jocelyn Bolante]] diverted [[Philippine peso|P]]728 million in fertilizer funds to the 2004 election campaign of [[President of the Philippines|President]] [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo]].

==Details==
In March 2004, the [[Philippine Daily Inquirer]] reported that Senator [[Panfilo Lacson]] accused [[Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo|President Arroyo]] of vote-buying by authorizing the release of 728 million pesos.<ref name="ABS-CBN News">{{cite web |url=http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/07/10/08/timeline-joc-joc-bolante-and-fertilizer-scam |title=Joc-joc Bolante and the Fertilizer Scam |work=Newsbreak |author=Llanto, Jesus F. |publisher=ABS-CBN News Online |accessdate=2008-12-04}}</ref> The money was supposedly to be used for the purchase of fertilizers which would be mitigated to the local officials.

After a year, an episode of the Probe Team reported that some farmers claimed that they did not receive fertilizers from the funds released by the Department of Agriculture. A PCIJ special report was released later saying that billions of farm funds were used to fund the presidential campaign of Arroyo.<ref name="ABS-CBN News"/>

===Jocelyn Bolante===
Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante was the Agriculture Undersecretary when the fertilizer fund scam erupted. He is accused of diverting at least 728 million pesos in fertilizer funds to President Arroyo's 2004 election campaign.<ref name="ANC">{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4500:anc&catid=66:philippines&Itemid=18 |title=Bolante Faces Off with Senators Over Fertilizer Fund Scam |work=ANC |date=2008-11-13 |accessdate=2008-12-04}}</ref>

When the controversy broke out in 2006, Bolante fled to the US and sought asylum, but his petition was denied by the US courts and he was eventually deported.
Bolante arrived in the Philippines on 28 October 2008. Upon his arrival, the Senate effected the warrant on Bolante, initially holding him under hospital arrest.
After a month, Bolante appeared on the Senate for the first time. He denies that the money was misused stating that there was no fertilizer scam despite the findings of the Commission on Audit that there was ‘excessive overpricing’ of the liquid fertilizer purchased by Bolante's proponents.<ref name="Philstar">{{cite web |url=http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?ArticleId=417871 |title=More lawmakers may face raps over fertilizer fund scam |author=Punay, Edu |work=The Philippine Star |date=2008-11-23 |accessdate=2008-12-04}}</ref> He cleared President Arroyo from any direct involvement. He also cleared the congressmen and other local officials implicated in the fertilizer fund scam.
	
==Investigation==		
Task Force Abono is currently looking into the involvement of some 140 congressmen in the Ginintuang Masaganang Ani (GMA) program of the Department of Agriculture.<ref name="Philstar"/>

==References==
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[[en:Fertilizer Fund Scam]]

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