Nanumpa na bilang mga bagong Executive Secretary at acting secretary ng Department of Finance (DOF) sina dating DOF Secretary Ralph Recto at dating Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go.
Ayon sa ibinahaging mga larawan ng Presidential Communication Office (PCO) nitong Miyerkules, Nobyembre 19, makikita ang panunumpa nina Recto at Go kasama si Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.
“Pinangunahan ni Pangulong Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. ang panunumpa ni dating Department of Finance Secretary Ralph Recto bilang bagong Executive Secretary at ni dating Special Assistant to the President for Investment and Economic Affairs Frederick Go bilang Acting Secretary ng Department of Finance,” mababasa sa caption ng nasabing post.
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Bago nito, matatandaang sabay nagbigtiw sa puwesto sina Lucas Bersamin bilang Executive Secretary at Amenah Pangandaman bilang Budget Secretary noong Lunes, Nobyembre 17, 2025, ayon na rin sa pagtanggap ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr.
“President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., has formally accepted the resignations of Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Department of Budget and Management Sec. Amenah Pangandaman. Both officials respectfully offered and tendered their resignations out of delicadesa[...]” saad ni Castro noong Lunes, Nobyembre 17, 2025.
Bukod pa rito, may balak umanong matahan ni Ombudsman Jesus Crispin “Boying” Remulla sina dating presidential legislative liaison office chief Adrian Bersamin, apo sa pamangkin ni Lucas Bersamin, at Pangandaman kaugnay sa “conspiracy to commit plunder.”
MAKI-BALITA: Adrian Bersamin, Amenah Pangandaman mamatahan sa 'conspiracy to commit plunder'—Ombudsman Remulla
“The statement of Usec. Roberto Bernardo is not really surprising because I had my suspicions already before about the activities of Undersecretary Adrian Bersamin,” saad ni Remulla sa Story Con noong Martes, Nobyembre 18, 2025.
“He was already on my radar for a long time and it's a try that just got to learn about, later on, try to give him my radar and of course about the involvement of Amenah Pangandangan. I’m not surprised because there may be temptations on the side for them and I cannot conclude anything yet but it could have happened,” paliwanag pa ni Remulla.
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