Marcos swears in 10 Cabinet members at the Palace

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday swore in several cabinet officials who received ad-interim appointments in a ceremony at Malacañang.

Following are the names of the officials:

• Executive Secretary Ralph Recto
• Budget and Management Secretary Kim Robert De Leon
• Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Juan Miguel Cuna
• Justice Secretary Fredderick Vida
• Health Secretary Edwin Mercado
• Labor and Employment Secretary Francis Tolentino
• Tourism Secretary Maria Bernardita Mathay
• Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon
• Public Works and Highways Secretary Giovanni Lopez
• Philippine Space Agency Director General Gay Jane Perez

“This oath-taking means that all of us here today are ad-interim appointees of the president and will undergo the confirmation process before the Commission on Appointments (CA),” Executive Secretary Ralph Recto said in a chance interview on the sidelines of the event.

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“We have already submitted our documents to the Commission on Appointments,” he noted.

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Ad-interim appointees are officials appointed by the president while Congress is in recess, allowing them to immediately assume office without waiting for confirmation by the CA.

Once it resumes in session, the CA will evaluate the appointees’ qualifications, integrity, competence and fitness for their positions as part of the confirmation process.

If the CA’s committee finds an appointee qualified, it recommends confirmation to the CA’s plenary, which makes the final decision.

Acting officials, on the other hand, temporarily perform the duties of a position, without necessarily holding a permanent appointment. /apl