COMMISSION on Higher Education (CHED) Chairperson Patricia Licuanan on Tuesday belied allegations that she is conniving with some administration lawmakers on the use and disposal of the outlawed Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) or pork barrel.

In a statement, Licuanan stressed that when the Supreme Court (SC) issued its decision on the Priority Development Assistance Fund in November 2013, “the function of implementing government programs and projects for which funds have been duly allocated and approved by the legislature was specifically assigned to agencies of the executive department, among them CHED.”

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