President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has hinted about tapping politicians who lost in the 2022 elections to join his administration after the expiry of the one-year ban. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. (Photo courtesy of KJ Rosales/PPA Pool)
Although he did not mention any name of prospects, Marcos said he will have to look at it and he will definitely appoint some of them to his Cabinet. He stated that many of those who ran for certain government positions in the past election are capable and are willing to work for the government. "Marami namang magaling na hindi nanalo sa eleksyon na gustong tumulong. So we will  certainly look into that in different positions (There are many good candidates who did not win the election but really wanted to help)," Marcos said. "Pero (But) yeah. More or less, for the beginning of the second year of my term, palagay ko mayroong mga ano (I think there will be). Not a shuffle but we will add people to the Cabinet, to strengthen the Cabinet," Marcos added. He said he will not announce it to anybody and that they should not hear from the press first. "They should hear it from me. Kami muna mag-usap (We will talk first)," he added. Almost a year after assuming presidency, the President has yet to appoint a full-fledged secretaries for the Departments of Agriculture, Health, and National Defense. There is a one-year ban implemented for politicians who lost during the previous elections to avoid conflict of interests or allegations of impropriety in the selection of government officials.