President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Wednesday there was no need for the government to create a task force that would oversee the clean up of the oil spill that has spread from a sunken ship in the waters off Oriental Mindoro. Marcos said the Philippine Coast Guard was already leading the task, so "there's no need to reorganize something for everything." "The idea is to have the assets in place, so that 'pag may mangyaring ganyan, may response na tayo (so if something like that happens, we already have a response). We don't have to organize a special group, a special committee, a special task force," Marcos said in an interview after the 126th Founding Anniversary of the Philippine Army at Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City. As the oil continues to spread to different provinces and affect important sites, including residential communities, tourist sites and marine biodiversity, the President said related responsibilities were already divided accordingly. For example, the PCG is heading the operations and delegating the tasks among volunteer experts, including those from Japan and the US; the Department of Natural Resources (DENR) is assessing the damage; while the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is implementing the cash for work program for affected fisherfolk. "So that's how generally the structure works. And that is the assignment of tasks between different agencies," he added.