There are those who say this issue may make or break the administration.
“As the Supreme Court has declared parts of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional, Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda said there was nothing inherently” wrong with realigning government funds intended for slow-moving projects to other programs,” reports Louis Bacani on Philstar.com.
The Aquino administration introduced the DAP in 2011 in the bid to “help boost the economy.”
Lacierda further said, “Do those projects diminish the moral integrity of the President, when they have benefited the people? Essentially, our continued belief is that the DAP has benefited the people in a number of projects that we have done. How does one regret a decision to help thousands of people?”
Lacierda also added that they have “no concerns that the DAP controversy may lead to a People Power Revolution that would lead to the ouster of President Aquino.”
Screengrab of photo from Atty. Edwin Lacierda’s Twitter page
