His resignation bid may have been rejected by the President, but Budget Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad still has a lot of explaining to do regarding the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).

The Senate, through the committee on finance, has directed Abad to submit a complete list of all the Special Allotment Release Orders (SAROs) that were disbursed under the DAP. It said the list should include the names of the projects, their purpose and the amount of the releases.

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