OPPOSITION lawmakers on Thursday warned President Benigno Aquino 3rd against blaming his predecessor, former president Gloria Arroyo, for the flak his administration is getting in the release of Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds to lawmakers on top of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) scam.

Reps. Ferdinand Martin Romualdez of Leyte, Tobias Tiangco of Navotas and Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna party-list were reacting to Aquino’s claim on Wednesday that Arroyo may have misused at least P1 trillion of government funds just to stay in power.

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