BBM backs AKAP, says congressman

Contrary to Sen. Grace Poe's claim, President Marcos fully supports the Ayuda para sa Kapos ang Kita Program (AKAP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), according to House Minority Leader Marcelino Libanan.

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"We beg to disagree. The President clearly supports the AKAP. In fact, he signed the 2024 General Appropriations Law, which allocated P26.7 billion for the AKAP," said Libanan, representative of the 4Ps party-list.

Poe, chair of the Senate finance committee, earlier called for the program's removal from the DSWD 2025 budget allocation, on the basis that "it is not a priority program of the President."

The program needs to be continued in the 2025 national budget, Libanan said.