BUDGET Secretary Florencio “Butch” Abad on Wednesday rejected calls for him to quit his post out of delicadeza (good taste), saying his critics, including Novaliches Bishop Emeritus Teodoro Bacani, are only “confused” and “distracted” by the allegations against him.

“I had warned about people being confused and distracted by these unfounded allegations and accusations. The bishop thinks I am on both the Napoles and Luy lists. I am not on the Luy list,” Abad said in a text message to The Manila Times.