While part of these funds were used for what could pass as good intentions (such as additional funding for the cash dole-outs for the poor), the money were used primarily by the Yellow Regime to bribe Congress, especially the Senate that was an impeachment court in 2012, to remove Chief Justice Renato Corona; to fund its candidates, especially for the Senate, in the 2013 mid-term elections; and to build up a war chest for the more crucial 2016 presidential elections.