New York – President Aquino on Tuesday (US time) said Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad should answer reports that members of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) cornered most of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds.
“Perhaps, I think the question should be better directed to Secretary Abad who would know all of the details and would have the details on hand,” Aquino said, when asked to comment on the disclosure of United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) spokesman Rep. Tobias “Toby” Tiangco that 10 members of the LP headed the list of recipients of millions of pesos worth of funds released via the DAP.
The top 10 DAP recipients, according to Tiangco, are: former Rep. Joseph Abaya, now the acting LP president (P408 million); Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. (P297.4 million); Majority Floor Leader Neptali “Boyet” Gonzales II (P263 million); former Rep. Erineo “Ayong” Maliksi (P217.8 million); former Rep. Florencio “Bem” Noel (P179.5 million); Deputy Speaker Henedina Abad (P176.6 million); former Rep. Edgar San Luis (P160.2 million); former Rep. Tomas Osmeña (P124.1 million); former Rep. Lorenzo “Erin” Tañada (P120.5 million); and Rep. Nelson Collantes (P110 million).
Tiangco told reporters in Manila that the DAP list was based on uploaded information from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) website. by Jc Bello Ruiz / manila bulletin
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