FORMER senator Edgardo Angara, who was recently named as one of the 12 senators who allegedly allotted portions of their pork barrel funds to questionable non-governmental organizations (NGOs), finally broke his silence and denied committing any wrongdoing in the use of his priority development assistance fund (PDAF).

Angara, based on the special audit report made by the Commission on Audit (COA), allotted P81 million of his pork barrel to READ Foundation, P25 million to the Assembly of Gracious Samaritans Foundation, P19 million to Kagandahan ng Kapaligiran Foundation Inc. and P14 million to Kalusugan ng Bata, Karunungan ng Bayan (K and K).

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