Rick B. Ramos
It has now become crystal-clear that the Disbursement Acceleration program (DAP) created by the Department of Budget & Management (DBM) under the Aquino administration was not just designed purportedly to hasten government spending and spur economic growth. It is a nefarious act of magic that has accelerated corruption by adding the pork barrel allocations to members of Congress and also avoided Legislative scrutiny through the non-inclusion of the DAP in the General Appropriations Act (GAA).