BELIEVE IT OR NOT ‘91% of DAP spent properly’ Palace: Did Abad steal the money? No MANILA, Philippines–“Did Secretary Florencio ‘Butch’ Abad waste [Disbursement Acceleration Program, or DAP] money? No. Did he steal the money? No. [These are] very, very clear, categorical answers that neither acts happened. Did he personally gain from [DAP]? No, as well,” said presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda. Malacañang on Wednesday cleared Budget Secretary Abad of any wrongdoing after his brainchild, the DAP, was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. “Ninety-one percent” of DAP funds had been spent properly by the executive branch. “There’s no doubt about it,” Lacierda said on Wednesday. But Lacierda apparently could not vouch for the remaining 9 percent of DAP funds—an estimated P12.8 billion—which were allocated for projects identified by legislators. Lacierda cited the ongoing Department of Justice investigation into allegations that five senators had channeled their respective allocations to fake foundations put up by Janet Lim-Napoles, the suspected mastermind of the pork barrel scam. newsinfo.inquirer.net/618382/91-of-dap-spent-properly
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:40:27 +0000