DAP-like mechanism persists in proposed 2016 budget
DAP-like mechanism persists in proposed 2016 budget
Despite a Supreme Court decision last year declaring the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) unconstitutional, a mechanism to retain discretionary lump-sum funds persists in the proposed 2016 budget, research group IBON said.
Instituted by Department of Budget Management secretary Florencio Abad, the controversial DAP allowed the President to decide on using funds from discontinued projects or ‘savings’ from completed ones. It has been criticized by groups as another form of pork barrel funds that are spent on the sole discretion of the Executive branch. These also do not undergo congressional deliberation or public scrutiny.
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