After the Supreme Court ruled that 3 actions under the Aquino government’s Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) are unconstitutional, the Ombudsman said it will begin its probe into officials who were behind such violations. DAP is a program initiated in 2011 by the Aquino administration to boost the economy by transferring unused funds for slow-disbursing projects to fast-disbursing ones. The transfer of funds from one government branch to another is unconstitutional, according to the High Court. Critics have called on Budget Secretary Florencio Abad to resign for initiating and implementing DAP. Some have also said this is an impeachable offense against President Benigno Aquino III.
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