By insisting that the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) is legal, Budget Secretary Florencio Abad is justifying technical malversation, opposition Sen. Joseph Victor Ejercito said on Friday.

Ejercito, who had filed a resolution calling for a Senate inquiry into the controversial spending program, said no amount of justification could absolve Abad.

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