00:00The Senate approved the cancellation of the list of beneficiaries for the government's ACAP program.
00:07One of the frontrunners for the hearing said,
00:09they have information that their assistance is already reduced.
00:13And Ian Cruz pointed out.
00:19In the Senate hearing on the assistance for the government's ACAP program,
00:24it came out that it is not yet clear who will be the ACAP beneficiaries.
00:29It should be for those who earn less than the minimum wage.
00:34There is no list of minimum wage earners now.
00:37And this is the target of ACAP, but it is not clear who they are.
00:41There is no name yet.
00:42But as far as I know, there is a process on how to find out who they are.
00:47We know, but it is still true.
00:49It will still apply. It will still be approved.
00:52But for now, it is still unclear because there is no name yet.
00:55Through DSWD, the difference this year,
00:58they will be able to release the names of the ACAP beneficiaries in each province every month.
01:03But Retired Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said,
01:06which was also invited to the hearing,
01:08the name should not be released to the beneficiaries of ACAP.
01:12DSWD should upload in its website the list of beneficiaries under ACAP
01:21and opposite the name will be the amount actually received.
01:27And a third column, the person who recommended the beneficiary.
01:34If it turns out that the only members of Congress recommended,
01:42then that will violate the prohibition that the congressman can only appropriate
01:50but cannot implement because the implementation belongs to the executive branch.
01:55DSWD will say to their leadership the face of Carpio.
01:59Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong said that the LGUs are laughing at the hearing.
02:05He also got information that the beneficiary is already receiving less aid.
02:11Another source of corruption is these funds that are in their discretion.
02:18According to other mayors, they are surprised that the beneficiaries signed blank
02:27because there are a lot of people who will sign only to find out that what was given to them is 3,000
02:32and they will just report that it is only 5,000.
02:34The agencies of the government did not respond to the hearing,
02:39but we asked them for a reaction.
02:41In the pastoral letter of CBCP issued by their president, Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David,
02:48the Bishop of Caloocan,
02:50they denied the shameful misuse of public funds
02:54and their doubtful increase, decrease, and adjustment of the national budget
03:00and the programs against poverty that hide corruption in the culture of patronage
03:06and corruption is truly disturbing.
03:10According to Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin,
03:12it should be remembered that the President directly approved the biggest appropriation in history.
03:18There are strict conditions for the issuance of the budget
03:22to ensure priority and protection for the partisan interest.
03:27For GMA Integrated News, Ian Cruz, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
03:40For GMA Integrated News, Ian Cruz, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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