Malacañang announces in a last-minute press conference that Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman resigned. Finance Secretary Ralph Recto will replace Bersamin as executive secretary, while Frederick Go will succeed Recto at the Department of Finance.
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00:00Malacanang announces in a last-minute press conference, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amina Pangandaman resigned.
00:09Palace Press Officer Undersecretary Claire Castro says President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. accepted the resignation of the two officials.
00:16Both officials respectfully offered and tendered their resignations out of delicadeza.
00:22After their departments were mentioned in allegations related to the flood control anomaly, currently under investigation, and in recognition of the responsibility to allow the administration to address the matter appropriately.
00:38Finance Secretary Ralph Recto will replace Bersamin as Executive Secretary.
00:43Friedrich Goh, Presidential Assistant for Investment and Economic Affairs, will succeed Recto at the Department of Finance.
00:49Roberto Bernardo, a former Undersecretary of the Public Works Department, alleged that Bersamin benefited from anomalous flood control projects.
00:57Recto is Marcos' third Executive Secretary after Bersamin and Vic Rodriguez.
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