SENIOR Associate Justice Antonio Carpio on Tuesday lambasted Malacañang for its glaring violations of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).

During the oral arguments at the Supreme Court en banc, Carpio, the most senior magistrate of the High Court, questioned the act of Budget Secretary Florencio Abad in issuing a Department of Budget and Management Circular on DAP without a mother law from President Benigno Aquino 3rd.

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