Pres. Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has ordered all cabinet members to submit their courtesy resignation. This came on the heels of his appeal for reconciliation following the results of the midterm elections which trashed his chosen candidates for the senate race.
Marcos sensed that reconciliation did not wash prompting him to call for the resignation of all Cabinet members. Which means heads will roll.
What prompted him to cleanse the Executive Department of misfits is a shocker. Has Marcos eventually had his own moment of Damascus? I cannot help but be skeptical about this sudden turn of events. By my own performance audit of the Marcos Cabinet, if indeed axe will fall on them, the only person which should be spared is DOTR Sec. Vince Dizon.
If we look at the characters around Marcos which he can presumably trust and can deliver, there is simply a dearth of people to pick up from. Which means the President might decide to keep most of them. Or, will he swallow his pride and shop for replacements from the enemy territory?
As I write this piece nearly all of the Cabinet Secretaries have submitted their resignations. That would make Malacanang like a sepulchral Palace.
But where did the Marcos administration failed that led to the people’s discontent? Has not the President come to the bitter reality that 90% of the travails his administration is facing emanated from the House Of Representatives and from his cousin Speaker Martin Romualdez himself? He who hung on the coattails of candidates Bongbong Marcos and Sara Duterte was consequently appointed Speaker and proceeded to replace all the members of congress who were identified with VP Sara.
Romualdez act created the first crack on the dream unity ticket, which the nation expected to continue with the unfinished agenda of President Duterte and therefore bring progress and development to the country.
Sadly, President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. looked the other way while Vice President-elect Sara Duterte is being pilloried from day one up until she was impeached by the House of Romualdez. Not content with the vilification and immoral power play, they plotted to arrest and then kidnapped a frail former President, handed him over to foreign authority to be detained.
I do not think reconciliation will come that easy. President Marcos now ordered his cabinet members, his council of advisers and heads of departments, to submit their “courtesy” letter-resignation. Is he doing this to prove he is serious? For as long as his cousin Romualdez remains as leader of the House, however, what is expected as a radical purge of the Cabinet, will not likely happen and still would be the same.
This time moreover , I hope I will be wrong.
