Bongbong Marcos To Serve as Department of Agriculture Secretary

President-Elect Bongbong Marcos To Sit as Department of Agriculture Secretary

BONGBONG MARCOS – The President-Elect announced that he will head the Department of Agriculture “for now”.

On June 30, a new administration will begin its term in the Philippine government. President-elect Bongbong Marcos will have his inauguration at the Philippine National Museum. The Marcos family and his Cabinet members are expected to be present at the event.

Marcos Jr. garnered over 31 million votes during the Elections 2022 which gave him a landslide win in the presidential race. Several big political parties supported the candidacy of the Partido Federal ng Pilipinas standard-bearer.

Following the joint session of the Senate and the House of Congress announcing him as the elected president of the country, Marcos Jr. and his camp started dropping names of his appointees in the different departments and agencies under the government.

However, only a few days left before the inauguration of the incoming president, there was still no announcement regarding the incoming chief of the Department of Agriculture.

Recently, president-elect Bongbong Marcos announced that he will head the Department of Agriculture for the meantime when he assumes office on June 30. Based on a report on ABS-CBN News, the incoming president cited the “severe” problem in Philippine agriculture as the reason behind his decision to head the department.

“At least for now and at least until we can reorganize the Department of Agriculture in the way that will make it ready for the next years to come,” Marcos Jr. said.

According to the incoming president, he will bring the department back to the basics and rebuild the value chain of agriculture. He stressed that a lot must be changed and there are a lot of offices that are not functional anymore and needs to be re-tooled for the post-pandemic.

Incoming president Bongbong Marcos stressed the need for agility in responding to the problems. He stressed that agriculture is a “critical and foundational part” of the development of the country’s economy.

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