Marcoleta: Cabinet Filled with Acting Secretaries

Marcoleta: Cabinet filled with acting secretaries

MANILA, Philippines — Is the Philippine government slowly being filled with de facto permanent secretaries? Sen. Rodante Marcoleta sounded the alarm on Wednesday over the supposedly growing number of crucial Philippine government agencies which are being led, not by duly confirmed Cabinet secretaries, but by officials who were merely serving in an “acting” capacity. READ: Vida named acting DOJ secretary In his privilege speech delivered during W…

Marcoleta flags delays in CA scrutiny of acting Cabinet secretaries

Senator Rodante Marcoleta on Wednesday questioned why the Commission on Appointments (CA) had not yet received the appointment letters for at least eight acting Cabinet secretaries.