The new Solicitor General is abandoning the old transport officials in their irregular contracting of vehicle license plates in 2013. Sol-Gen Jose C. Calida decided to stop defending Abaya’s P3.8-billion contract after discovering it had no proper government funding. In a 51-page manifestation to the SC last Aug. 25, Calida withdrew his office from defending Abaya’s contract. Still Abaya granted the contract to Power Plates Inc. and J. Knierem B.V. The GAA-2014 that Congress enacted and then-President Noynoy Aquino signed thus had no single centavo for Abaya’s contract.

Source: Philippine Star September 06, 2016 16:23 UTC