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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Is DAP savings, is it constitutional?

It is more fun criticizing

Rizal Philippines  July 26, 2014

The Philippine Supreme Court has declared the DAP (Development Accelerated Program) to be unconstitutional.   As I thought then, ,  and arguments of Fr. Joaquin Bernas, and examining the provision of the constitution, it was unconstitutional.  However the defenders noted the "...except provision"  So they won the round 1.  And then the recent arguments said, GMA did this before.  However fmr. Budget Secretary Diokno was quick to point out that savings is different from DAP.

DAP realigns the budget, funds to the project that his office or the politician so desires.  So the budget process is corrupted.

The offshoot of this development is the filing of impeachment charges vs Pnoy and decline in his popularity.  That he used this as reward (P50 million each) for those who voted for SC Corona impeachment can be bribery.  Except that he used the peoples money, not his...(Well that is after the fact.  Only CIA is bribery.... Is that so)

However the Pres has the numbers, and he is very unlikely to be impeached any time soon, and may not affect his stature for the last year of his term.  However, the truth is out...

CIA  - Cash In Advance