THE Commission on Audit’s (COAs) objectivity on its ongoing special audit on the releases made through the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is now in question after the agency admitted that it also received funds from the program.

Chairman Grace Pulido-Tan of the COA, during the plenary debates on the 2014 proposed general appropriations act (GAA) Monday night, admitted that the agency received a total of P143.7-million from DAP in 2012.

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