A COMPLAINT was filed before the Office of the Ombudsman against Commission on Higher Education Chairman Prospero “Popoy” De Vera in connection with the alleged unaccounted P10.3-billion higher education development fund allocated for the free tuition and living allowance of government scholars as provided under Republic Act 10931 or the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act.
In his four-page complaint affidavit, Lubaton specifically charged De Vera for negligence of duties as public official, violation of RA 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business Law, grave abuse of power and authority amounting to unfair and oppressive action, moral injury cause to hopeful students and educational institutions and non-payment of living allowances for grantees/student scholars.
Under the UniFAST program, scholars are to be provided P30,000 per semester for tuition fee and living allowance. CHED is supposed to remit the corresponding amount to the concerned schools. But Lubaton said that what surprised him more was the two-year closure of the UniFAST portal for validation of student scholars, which resulted in an increase in the number of students dropping out due to financial difficulties providing for their school fees and other needs.
“The aforesaid guidelines were changed and modified without proper consultation with stakeholders,” it added.De Vera also clarified that he is not part of any Bids and Awards Committee in the agency or in any state university and college . He stressed that any complaints of violation of bidding procedures must” therefore be addressed to, and resolved by the CHED commission en banc or the Board of Regents of individual SUCs.”
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