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The Department of Education (DepEd) on Sunday urged presidential candidate Sen. Manny Pacquiao to name the DepEd official whom he claimed to be corrupt and get a 40-percent commission of the project cost instead of 鈥減utting down鈥� the entire institution.
During a forum on Friday, Pacquiao alleged that the deteriorating quality of education in the Philippines was due to the mishandling of DepEd鈥檚 allocated budget.
鈥淚 am just not speaking but I am well-aware of what鈥檚 happening in there 鈥� I don鈥檛 want to reveal it now [but] when the time comes, I already know how to investigate and correct,鈥� he said.
鈥淚 even know someone who does not allow a kickback of less than 40 percent,鈥� Pacquiao added.
In response, the DepEd in a statement said that alleging wrongdoing unsupported by specific facts was 鈥渢antamount to false accusation.鈥�
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