{"id":18141,"date":"2014-07-04T20:29:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2014-07-04T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2014-07-04T12:29:01","slug":"noy-will-take-full-responsibility-for-dap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/07\/04\/noy-will-take-full-responsibility-for-dap\/","title":{"rendered":"Noy will take full responsibility for DAP"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Benigno S. Aquino III delivers his speech during his visit to Integrated Micro-Electronics, Inc. at the Laguna Technopark, Bi\u00f1an City, Laguna on Thursday (May 1). (Photo by Lauro Montillano \/ \/Malaca\u00f1ang Photo Bureau)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013 Following the Supreme Court\u2019s (SC) unfavorable ruling on the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP), Malaca\u00f1ang yesterday announced that President Aquino will be taking full responsibility for the controversial DAP.<\/p>\n

Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office said that the officials involved are only acting their role as the president\u2019s alter ego.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the final analysis, the President is the chief executive and the members of the Cabinet performed the role of alter ego, and whatever role that they perform is only an extension of the personality of the President himself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Coloma also added that the all actions involving the administration\u2019s Cabinet members are also part of the president\u2019s responsibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cRegarding the appointment or maintaining the services of Cabinet members, that\u2019s the responsibility of the President as chief executive and he\u2019s performing his task based on his judgment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The court on Tuesday, through a ruling made available to the public the following day of the ruling\u2019s release, has declared certain acts under the fund scheme to be unconstitutional.<\/p>\n

Calls for resignation of the president and the other officials involved in the controversial DAP, followed after reports of the court\u2019s ruling were made public.<\/p>\n

Malaca\u00f1ang however, defended the fund scheme saying the funds involved had benefited Filipinos by contributing in the economic improvement of the country.<\/p>\n

Coloma also emphasized Malaca\u00f1ang\u2019s earlier statement that the government has conducted their actions in \u201cgood faith\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe affirm that we have exercised good faith and due diligence, and there are lawful processes for establishing accountability, and we are, we have been abiding by and complying with all of those processes and will continue to do so,\u201d Coloma said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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