President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the ongoing Cabinet revamp was more than a symbolic gesture, assuring the public that a rigorous performance review is underway for both Cabinet secretaries and agency heads.
“You know, I guess by now you know I don’t do things for show,” Mr. Marcos said in a press briefing with the Philippine media delegation in Malaysia.
“If there’s a problem, I’d like to fix it. So that’s what we’re doing. Expect us to be doing a rigorous performance review — not only at the Cabinet level, but even deeper,” he added.
The President was responding to questions about the progress of his directive last week, in which he asked Cabinet secretaries to submit courtesy resignations to help “recalibrate” the administration following the midterm elections.
“As we’re doing [a] performance review, when we see shortfalls in performance, I don’t leave it at that. I look and ask why is that the case,” Marcos said.
“That is why we asked all the heads of agencies to also submit their courtesy resignations — because we have to look deeper, not just at the secretaries,” he added.
