Yellow ribbon panel to freeze ball on Abad, pork

A Manila Times editorial has urged the blue ribbon committee headed by Sen. Teofisto Guingona 3rd to summon Budget Secretary Florencio Abad to inquire about the disposition of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). Well, good luck on that. There’s a fat chance that Guingona would ever do that. Even if he’s forced to by public opinion, expect him to “freeze the ball” to prevent any point from being scored against the “tuwid na daan” of the Aquino administration.

At the blue ribbon hearing on the pork barrel scam on Aug. 29, 2013, Guingona was more circumspect in his utterances. When asked by Senate reporters about his impressions on the testimony of Janet Lim Napoles, he told them to wait for the committee report for its findings and recommendations. This was a great improvement from his actuations in the previous Congress where he readily made conclusions on an ongoing blue ribbon inquiry.