Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor Leonen has expressed disgust over the publication of leaks of the draft decision of the high court on the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) which was declared unconstitutional early this month.

The Manila Times published articles on the contents of the decision of the high court on the DAP as early as June 16 and 17. The stories quoted an SC source who confirmed that the DAP will be declared unconstitutional, but subject to the application of the “doctrine of operative facts”.

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