Was it to mock our people that the 16th Congress sent to battle — to contend with the Supreme Court and Vice President Jejomar Binay—the legislators who headed the lists of senators and congressmen who received Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) funds from Budget Secretary Butch Abad as bribes for impeaching former chief justice Renato Corona?

Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th carried the colors for the Philippine Senate. As proof of his being No.1, I refer readers to my column (“Senators and their DAP loot,” Times, July 31, 2014), and the Supreme Court’s DAP ruling, where on page 114, Trillanes is listed as the first among the bribe-takers, in the list submitted by Butch Abad to the High Court.

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