Isiniwalat ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. na nais niyang magkaroon nang mas aktibong papel sa gobyerno si dating Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benhur Abalos.
Sa ginanap na Kapihan with the Media sa Kazan, Russia noong Huwebes, Hunyo 18, inilahad niya ring nariyan si Abalos upang tulungan sila sa anumang paraan.
“Okay, I’ll be very candid. I’ll be very frank with you,” panimula ni PBBM.
Aniya, “Of course, I want Benhur [Abalos] to play a more active role in government. Of course, he has been there and he has been helping us in many ways formally, informally, privately.”
“I wouldn’t mind finding a way for him to help us in an official capacity,” dagdag pa niya.
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Giit naman ng Pangulo, hindi ibig sabihing gusto niyang bumalik si Abalos sa pamahalaan, ay mayroon nang matatanggal sa kaniyang gabinete.
“But just because we want him to join, to become more active, to play a more active part in government doesn’t necessarily mean that somebody else has to be—it’s not a zero-sum thing in the Cabinet that you have to remove somebody to gain somebody else,” anang Pangulo.
Pagdidiin pa ni PBBM, mayroon daw siyang “really good group of people” sa kaniyang gabinete sa kasalukuyan.
“You know, I think, we have a really good group of people in the Cabinet right now, and we are working well together,” saad ni PBBM.
Matatandaang nanilbihan si Abalos bilang Interior Secretary ni PBBM mula 2022 hanggang 2024.
Tumakbo din ito sa pagkasenador noong 2025 mid-term elections.
