Presumptive Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio stressed she will not recommend to presumptive President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Dabawenyo officials for cabinet positions.
“Wala ko (recommendation) because ang cabinet position is a position of trust and confidence sa President. Karon kung pakialaman nato ang pangulo sa mga i-appoint niya na mga secretaries, ang success or failure niana tulubagon na sa President because the president is the appointing authority,” she said.
Duterte-Carpio added that the President will be responsible for the performance of the cabinet secretaries.
“Kung ako ang pangulo, unya giing-ana ko ninyo ‘kini i-appoint ni si kuan’, of course malain ko ug masuko ko, because this is my administration and ako ang mutubag sa performance sa mga cabinet secretaries, so angay ra ako ang mag decide kung kinsa ang cabinet secretaries,” she said.
Duterte-Carpio also said that there is a search committee that is being tasked to look for the officials who are in the President’s view are appropriate to be appointed and whom he believed can help his administration to continue what President Rodrigo Duterte has started as well carry out his (Marcos) vision for the country.
“So wala po ta’y recommendation nga gihatag kay President Marcos because there is a search committee and mao kana ang purpose sa search committee sa team ni Bongbong Marcos is to look for the people na sa tan-aw niya maoy angay nga i-appoint para maduso ang, of course, ang continuity sa administration ni President Duterte and kung unsa ang vision ni President Marcos para sa atoang nasud,” she said.
It can be recalled that Marcos firstly announced that he appointed Duterte-Carpio as Secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd).
Marcos also named Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) chair Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr as Interior and Local Government Secretary.
Lawyer Vic Rodriguez, chief of staff and spokesperson of Marcos, announced that Marcos named Bienvenido Laguesma as incoming Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) head and Susan “Toots” Ople as incoming secretary of the newly-created Department of Migrant Workers.