Manila, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – Feisty Philippine Senator Miriam Santiago is proposing an additional penalty for politicians found guilty in the pork barrel scam that has cost the country some Ten Billion Pesos in taxpayer money, and she is taking a cue from American singer Miley Cyrus.

Cyrus recently enraged netizens after she posted Instagram photos of her pet pig Bubba Sue getting a royal treatment — a pedicure.  The photos showed Cyrus holding Bubba Sue while another person was painting the pig’s hooves with engine-red nail polish. Many commented that this constituted animal abuse.

Today, Senator Santiago proposed that every male politician convicted in the pork barrel scam be given not just a pedicure but also a manicure in pig pink nail polish — and not just ordinary nail polish, but permanent, indelible paint.

Santiago said this penalty will be a life-time reminder for the  pork barrel scammers of their horrible crime, while giving the scammed taxpayers a way to easily identify those who pocketed their money.

“These politicians are pigs,” Santiago told reporters, “and they should be treated as such.”

The senator however emphasized that her proposal is in no way an endorsement of what Cyrus did to poor Bubba Sue.