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Palace: Marcos speeds up Cabinet evaluation, revamp

Published May 30, 2025 03:19 pm
President Marcos knows what he is doing, and the Cabinet revamp is being done as quickly as possible, Malacañang said.
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks during a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur following the 46th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, May 27, 2025. (Mark Balmores/ Canon R6 Mark II)
President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. speaks during a press conference at the Ritz-Carlton Kuala Lumpur following the 46th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia, May 27, 2025. (Mark Balmores/ Canon R6 Mark II)
Responding to the call of Senator-elect Panfilo Lacson for Marcos to act quickly on recalibrating his Cabinet to avoid possible inefficiency and divisiveness in the ranks, Malacañang said the public can be assured that the President aims to deliver quickly.
"Alam po ng Pangulo ang kaniyang ginagawa, alam niya po kung paano mapabilis at sabi nga rin po ni Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, sa trabahong ito dapat mas mabilis – kung kailangan i-deliver ang tinapay, masarap na tinapay ang dapat na i-deliver (The President knows what he is doing; he knows how to speed things up. And as Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin also said, in this job, things should move faster—if bread needs to be delivered, it should be good-quality bread)," Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said on Friday, May 30.
"So, makakaasa po kayo sa mas mabilis na pag-i-evaluate patungkol po dito sa mga cabinet members at cabinet secretaries and heads of agencies (So, you can expect a faster evaluation when it comes to the Cabinet members, Cabinet secretaries, and heads of agencies," she said.
Since issuing his call to his entire Cabinet asking them all to submit their courtesy resignation, Marcos has been able to act on some of the 52 pending resignations.
He has since retained nine Cabinet members, accepted the resignations of three officials, and moved three secretaries to other agencies.
A day after issuing a call to all his Cabinet members to resign, Marcos retained Bersamin, his economic team composed of Trade Secretary Ma. Cristina Roque, Finance Secretary Ralph Recto, Economy, Planning, and Development Secretary Arsenio Balisacan, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, and Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go.
On the same day, the President also accepted the resignation of Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) secretary Maria Antonia Loyzaga.
Marcos moved Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Raphael Lotilla to the DENR leadership.
He then designated Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) secretary Jerry Acuzar as Presidential Adviser for Pasig River Development and reappointed Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Secretary Enrique Manalo as the country's Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
Manalo will be replaced by DFA Undersecretary for Bilateral Relations Ma. Theresa Lazaro, while Acuzar will be replaced by former DHSUD undersecretary Ramon Aliling.
On Thursday, May 29, Bersamin announced the second batch of officials who were retained in the Cabinet.
Marcos decided to retain Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla, and Department of National Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro.
The President also accepted the resignation of Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra and appointed  University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law Dean Darlene Berberabe as the new solicitor general.
Marcos has also decided to let go of Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chair J. Prospero De Vera III, who will be replaced by CHED Commissioner Shirley Agrupis.

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