Diokno, who is also a professor at the University of the Philippines School of Economics, said Aquino cannot claim full responsibility for the 7.6% GDP growth since public policy usually works with a lag.
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"What you do today won't make a difference tomorrow. There is at least a nine-month lag, or in some cases such as in monetary policies, a whole-year lag. That (growth) was [by former President Gloria Macapagal-Aroryo]," he said.
Diokno cited the example of the significant drop in public capital formation during the second half of 2010, the period when Aquino assumed his seat as President.
"In the first half, Arroyo spent all her money to complete all her projects. But by the second half, Aquino was busy checking on all of Arroyo's projects, so nothing moved," he claimed.