THE PRESIDENT ADDRESSED THE POOR PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES. - “My conscience cannot accept this. I cannot accept that there are people who would be harmed because I allowed the delay in the delivery of benefits. Let us not forget: It’s the people who own the public coffers.” The High tribunal should help us help our people.” “Our people are hoping for your reasonable response [to the planned motion for reconsideration]. I am hoping that once you see the arguments that we will present regarding the law and the economy, we will be united and the government’s capacity to pursue the interest of the people will become stronger,”. The President again sought to distance the DAP from the graft-ridden Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), which the court in November last year declared unconstitutional amid widespread public outrage over claims P10 billion in the congressional pork barrel allocations went to ghost projects and kickbacks. “The DAP is different from the PDAF! “In the DAP, it’s clear that the government’s fund was not stolen—we worked to spend this to deliver benefits to the Filipino. Not later, not tomorrow or the day after, but now. What we could implement, we already implemented.”
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 05:29:21 +0000