‘CHED should be represented in Cabinet’

A high-ranking official of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) denied that he was exaggerating the problem in the agency after he asked President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint an officer-in-charge to replace Chairperson Patricia Licuanan.

“In our manifesto, we [CHED directors] are simply asking the President to designate or appoint his alter ego in the CHED, somebody who enjoys his trust and confidence so that the commission can be represented in the Cabinet,” CHED executive director Julito Vitriolo said in an interview.