A high ranking official of the ruling Liberal Party (LP) headed by President Benigno Aquino 3rd has welcomed the unprecedented Supreme Court decision of putting the oral arguments on the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) on livestreaming, saying that such move will enlighten the public on government spending.
Rep. Mel Senen Sarmiento of Western Samar, Secretary-General of LP, made the statement a day after thousands of protesters stormed Ayala Avenue to call for the scrapping of PDAF and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) mechanism which allows the President to realign savings to fund social services initiatives, including pet projects of lawmakers.
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