Findings of probable cause for usurpation of legislative powers of former president Benigno Aquino III and his budget secretary Florencio Abad in relation to the Disbursement Acceleration Program are dismissed.
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman has cleared the late former president Benigno Aquino III and his budget secretary Florencio Abad from all charges related to the Disbursement Acceleration Program , including gross neglect of duty., current Ombudsman Samuel Martires did not find probable cause for the former officials’ alleged usurpation of legislative powers.
The DAP was a mechanism designed by the Aquino government in 2011 to ramp up spending and help accelerate economic expansion. It was sourced from savings or unreleased General Appropriation Act items, as well as realignment and unprogrammed funds. It is different from the pork barrel, or the Priority Development Assistance Fund .
In Martires’ ruling, he said, “In issuing NBC 541, Aquino and Abad did not usurp Congress’ powers of appropriation. What they did was to gather those whole or portions of already enacted appropriations and pooled them into savings.”
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