Statement of Secretary Abad on His Offer to Resign


This is the statement of Department of Budget of Management (DBM) Secretary Florencio "Butch" Abad on his offer to resign resignation following the declaration of the Supreme Court of the Philippines important parts of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP).  Said letter was published on Thursday, August 12, 2014 in the website of the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (http://www.gov.ph/2014/07/12/statement-by-abad-on-his-resignation/).

His resignation, however, was not accepted by President Aquino.
A picture of Sec. Abad taken from google.com

On Thursday, I tendered my resignation from my position as DBM Secretary to the President. This was not without thought or reflection. In the wake of the controversy surrounding the DAP—especially after the adverse Supreme Court ruling that declared parts of the program unconstitutional—it became clear to me that I must abide by the highest standards of accountability that we in the Aquino administration hold ourselves to.

I take full responsibility for my role in developing and implementing the DAP, as well as for the impact of the resulting controversy on the Administration’s governance agenda. It was therefore only fitting that I resign.

Yesterday, however, before we deliberated on the proposed 2015 budget, the President announced that he would not accept my resignation. He explained that accepting it was tantamount to acknowledging wrongdoing on my end, contrary to the fact that the DAP—as conceived and implemented—proved beneficial to the country’s economy and the Administration’s bid for rapid and inclusive growth.

Although I was wholly prepared to relinquish my post, I am grateful for the President’s expression of his continuing trust and confidence in my leadership of the Department. I have thus chosen to defer to his better judgment and stay.

I am determined, as I have always been, to do justice to the President’s faith in my integrity and competence. Developments over the last year were not merely instructive; they now spur us within the DBM to carry out our responsibilities with greater vigilance and meticulousness. I assure the people that we will proceed with a keener awareness of the standards against which our work will be measured, but also with a deeper appreciation of the great opportunities for reform ahead of us.

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