A side from being used to facilitate the ouster of Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato Corona, who President Aquino considers an enemy from the start of his administration, funds in the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) were heavily employed to boost the chances of Aquino’s political allies, primarily Senators Antonio Trillanes IV and Alan Peter Cayetano, in the 2013 elections. Trillanes and Cayetano were members of the administration Team PNoy coalition in the 2013 polls. DAP documents the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) submitted to the House of Representatives showed that between October 2012 and the campaign period for the previous national elections, Cayetano received a total of P156 million and Trillanes, P153 million from the DAP classified as various infrastructure and local roads.
Posted on: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 06:10:37 +0000