"It is Aquino's political supporters, members and allies of the Liberal Party, his friends and big business oligarchs who benefited from the diversion of funds under the DAP," pointed out the CPP. "A detailed accounting and auditing of the DAP will bear out how Aquino made use of public funds for his self-serving political interests."
Ang mga aktibidad ng PDTO ay tusong nanlilinlang sa mga Albayano. Sadyang ipinakete ang civil-military operations na ito at ginamit pa ang mapanlinlang na terminong "bayanihan operations" at "development caravans" upang magpanggap na pro-mamamayan at itago ang layuning kontra-insurhensiya.