PRESIDENT Marcos Jr. on Sunday said more people will join his Cabinet, some of them defeated candidates in last year’s elections, as he fills up the vacancies in government during the second year of his six-year term.
“Marami namang magaling na hindi nanalo sa eleksyon na gustong tumulong. So we will certainly look into that in different positions (There are a lot of talented people who lost during the elections who want to help. So, we will certainly look into that in different positions,” the President said in an interview onboard Flight PR 001 on Sunday while enroute to the United States.
Marcos declined to say who and how many are in his shortlist and what positions they would likely occupy.
He said, however, that they will be added to his official family and not replace anyone.
Marcos said he will discuss his plans with the prospective appointees first, not the media.
“More or less, for the beginning of… the second year of my term, palagay ko mayroong mga ano, not a shuffle but we will add people to (the) Cabinet, to strengthen the Cabinet (More or less, for the beginning of… the second year of my term, I think there will be some, not a shuffle, but we will add people to the Cabinet, to strengthen the Cabinet),” he said.
Under the 1987 Constitution, no candidate who has lost in an election can be appointed to any position in the government or any government-owned or controlled corporations or in any of their subsidiaries within one year after the elections.
The presidential election was held on May 9 last year.
