ByProgram is not pork barrel and neither are barangay officials responsible for the list of AKAP beneficiaries, Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian said on Friday.
The DSWD chief made the clarification in reply to the December 26 statement of retired Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio claiming that the cash assistance under AKAP “resembles the controversial pork barrel” and that “barangay officials submit the list of beneficiaries.” “With due respect to the former Supreme Court Justice, AKAP is not pork barrel since any good Samaritan can refer potential beneficiaries and the barangay has nothing to do with AKAP based on our existing guidelines,” Gatchalian pointed out.
“The original intention of the AKAP program is to protect the minimum wage earners and near-poor Filipinos from the effects of inflation that erode their buying power. It is intended to provide a menu of assistance for goods and services that are affected by high inflation depending on the needs of the individuals,” Gatchalian said.
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