Newly-appointed Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief-of-staff Lt. Gen. Gregorio Pio Catapang urged all officers and enlisted personnel to continue to remain apolitical as the nation is trying to resolve legal questions concerning the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).
"Recently the nation has been preoccupied with this issue on DAP. Our President, our Commander-in-Chief, is clear that the DAP was a mechanism created by government precisely to accelerate services to the people," he said in Filipino.
Portions of the DAP has been earlier declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
The government last July 18 has filed an appeal at the SC to reconsider its ruling.
"The government felt that it is unconscionable to close its eyes to the problems that can aggravate especially when there is no money made available," Catapang pointed out.
With these developments, the AFP urged all the personnel under his command not to be distracted by the on-going political dynamics in the country.
"The DAP has become a political issue. We should be reminded that as members of the AFP we should remain professional and non-partisan, we should allow the democratic process to take its course and let the judicial, the executive, the legislative branches of government deal with this," Catapang said.
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