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List of lawmaker-endorsed DAP projects out
Secretary Abad: Public must scrutinize list to ensure accountability
The Department of Budget and Management
(DBM) announced that the list of legislator-nominated projects funded
from savings and supported through the Disbursement Acceleration Program
(DAP) will now be accessible to the public through the DBM’s official web portal
for the program. The list—which will be ready within the day—includes
information on the projects and their respective endorsers in the
House and Senate.
The DAP was launched by the Aquino administration in 2011 to ramp up public spending and boost the country’s economic growth.
“We’re pleased to announce that the list
of lawmaker-endorsed projects is now available. The disclosure of this
list is well-timed, given that it coincides with the development of the
2015 budget. We’re taking this opportunity to improve budget processes
towards efficient spending, and the DBM’s full transparency on the DAP
is crucial towards that end,” Secretary of Budget and Management
Florencio “Butch” Abad said.
“Although combing through all the
projects took some time, we believed that the fidelity of our data could
not be compromised in favor of speed. We now urge the Filipino people
to scrutinize the list carefully. In this manner, the Aquino
administration will be better-positioned to heed the citizens’ call for
increased transparency, accountability, and openness in public
expenditure,” he added.
In July this year, the Supreme Court
ruled that most aspects of the DAP and its implementation were
constitutionally sound. Various reports—including that of the World Bank
and the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA)—also cited
the program as instrumental to the country’s economic successes in 2011
onwards.
While the DAP played a significant role
in the country’s economic development, it also created a direct and
positive impact on communities on the ground, primarily through
socio-economic initiatives. These were primarily implemented by various
government agencies, including the Department of Education (DepEd) and
the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
“DAP allowed us to direct funds towards
the DepEd for the construction of school buildings, as well as for the
implementation of the Alternative Learning System. These investments in
our long-term public education goals will allow us to build a citizenry
that is better-educated and primed for employment,” Abad said.
“The spending acceleration program also
allowed us to help ARMM communities. Through DAP, we were able to direct
funds to DSWD to provide post-disaster aid and protective services for
families living in the ARMM,” he added.
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