(a) Making use of public funds to strengthen Aquino's hold on political power. Aquino has used both the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) and the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) as pork barrel funds in order to have members of congress and senate, as well as local government officials, toe the Malacañang line.
(a) Paggamit sa pondong publiko upang palakasin ang kontrol ni Aquino sa kapangyarihang pampulitika. Ginamit ni Aquino kapwa ang Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) at ang Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) bilang pondong pork barrel upang mapasunod ang mga myembro ng kongreso at senado, maging ng mga lokal na upisyal ng gubyerno .