As Malacañang is being prepared for its new occupants, President Duterte is now almost done packing up all the things he would be bringing home the Palace, his official residence over the past six years, Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said.
Medialdea said this a month before Malacañang welcomes back Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., 36 years after his family left the Palace on account of the People Power Revolution in 1986.
In an interview with reporters in Pasay City, Medialdea said that outgoing President Duterte is now almost done with getting his things out of the Palace.
"Patapos na nga siya. Two, three months ago nagpapadala na siya ng gamit niya (He's almost done. He's been sending his stuff out since two, three months ago)," he said.
"Mga personal things inuna na niya. Karamihan, Davao lahat syempre doon yun pupunta (He shipped out his personal items first. Most of them went to Davao City)," he added.
President Duterte has said that he will retire from politics after he steps down from the presidency on June 30. Medialdea said Duterte expressed a desire to teach after serving as the chief executive.
"I really don't know . He said he was going to teach in Davao," Medialdea said.
President-elect Marcos Jr. expressed an intention to make President Duterte his drug czar. Malacañang said there would be no legal impediment if Duterte decided to accept Marcos Jr.'s offer, however, former Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo said the outgoing President thought "it is not his time."
Meanwhile, the Executive Secretary said they have already met with the team of President-elect Marcos Jr.
"Nagmi-meeting na kami nung (We've started our meetings) after the proclamation of the incoming President," Medialdea said.
"We've met once. With Vic," he added, referring to incoming Executive Secretary and current Marcos Jr. chief-of-staff Vic Rodriguez.
Medialdea is heading Malacañang's transition committee. The other members of the committee are Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr., Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, Budget Undersecretary Tina Rose Marie Canda, and Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Karl Chua.