INFOGRAPHIC: What’s DAP? FAQs about the Disbursement Acceleration Program

The Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) has triggered an adverse Supreme Court (SC) ruling, a nationwide address from President Benigno Aquino III, impeachment and plunder complaints against government officials, and anti-corruption rallies.

What exactly is this controversial spending mechanism all about? Did the executive branch really overstep its bounds by implementing the DAP?

 

GMA News Online went over the SC decision declaring certain acts under the DAP as unconstitutional, and several documents from the Department of Budget and Management to answer frequently asked questions about this economic stimulus initiative.  —RSJ/KG/YA, GMA News