Sara SARA ACCEPTS BBM’S OFFER – Presumptive Vice President and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) has accepted the offer of winning presidential candidate former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) for her to be secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) of the incoming administration. Photo by Ver Noveno

Sara thanks BBM for top DepEd post

May 12, 2022 Ryan Ponce Pacpaco 374 views

PRESUMPTIVE Vice President and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte of Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD) has accepted the offer of winning presidential candidate former Sen. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (BBM) for her to be secretary of the Department of Education (DepEd) of the incoming administration.

In a statement, Duterte, Lakas-CMD and regional party Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) chairperson, thanked her UniTeam running mate for the offer.

“I wish to express my gratitude to presumptive President Bongbong Marcos for the confidence in me to lead the Department of Education,” Duterte said in a statement Thursday morning.

Duterte said before the election campaign, she and Marcos talked about the possibility of her leading the Department of National Defense (DND).

“But seeing the way things are at the moment, I expect that people who want to see the new administration to fail will fabricate intrigues about my loyalty and the DND position to break the UniTeam,” Duterte said.

The winning vice presidential candidate revealed last Wednesday, that she and Marcos Jr. “once again talked about how I could help the country.”

“It was decided that I would work on producing skilled learners with the mindset to realize their full potential as individuals. Our country needs a future generation of patriotic Filipinos that advocate peace and discipline in their respective communities,” Duterte stressed.

She thanked DepEd Secretary Leonor Briones and the entire DepEd organization “for their readiness to work with our team for the transition of leadership after the proclamation.”

“We recognize the sincerity, hard work, and dedication of Sec. Liling in implementing education reforms under the Rodrigo Roa Duterte administration,” Duterte said.

Based on unofficial election results, Marcos and Duterte are on the way to winning by a landslide and a more than majority vote.

However, they would have to wait for Congress’s official canvass and proclamation, which is set to reconvene on May 23. By Ryan Ponce Pacpaco

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