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Transition team of Bongbong Marcos
FormationMay 12, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-05-12)
DissolvedJune 30, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-06-30)
PurposePeaceful and organized transfer of power
Outgoing President of the Philippines
Rodrigo Duterte
President-elect of the Philippines
Bongbong Marcos
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The presidential transition of Bongbong Marcos started when former senator Bongbong Marcos won the Philippine presidential election on May 9, 2022. Marcos topped the official count by the Congress of the Philippines with 31,629,783 votes.[1] The joint bicameral Congress proclaimed Marcos as the president-elect and Sara Duterte as the vice president-elect on May 25, 2022.[2] The transition lasted until the day of the president-elect's inauguration on June 30, 2022.

Timeline

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Pre-election

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Post-election

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  • May 10:
    • Outgoing president Duterte creates his Presidential Transition Committee (PTC).[6]
    • Initial transition talks between the teams of the outgoing and incoming president begin.[7]
    • The COMELEC en banc reaffirms the junking of Marcos's disqualification cases,[8] which were all previously denied before the election.[9][10]
  • May 12: Marcos assumes victory and begins forming his transition committee.[11]
  • May 13: Marcos makes the UniTeam transition team public.[12]
  • May 25: Marcos, along with his running mate Sara Duterte, are officially proclaimed by the joint bicameral Congress as the president-elect and vice president-elect.[2]
  • May 17 and 18: Marcos's disqualification cases are elevated to the Supreme Court after being junked by the COMELEC en banc.[13][14]
  • June 28: The Supreme Court denies Marcos's disqualification cases, clearing the last legal hurdle to Marcos's candidacy.[15][16]
  • June 30: Inauguration Day

Organization of the transition

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Marcos's transition committee

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Marcos began forming his transition committee on May 12, 2022, even before his proclamation.[11] By the time his team was being organized, he led the unofficial count in the Commission on Elections transparency server.[5] The members of his team were named on May 13, 2022.

UniTeam transition team[12]
Position Name
Chairperson Victor Rodriguez
Members Antonio Lagdameo Jr.
Benjamin Abalos Jr.
Zenaida Angping
Reynaldo Tamayo Jr.

Duterte's transition committee

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On May 5, 2022, before the start of the elections, incumbent president Rodrigo Duterte named the chairperson of his transition team.[3] Duterte later issued Administrative Order No. 47 on May 10, 2022 creating the Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) "to ensure a peaceful, orderly and smooth transfer of powers to the next duly elected president.[6]

Presidential Transition Committee (PTC) of President Rodrigo Duterte[17][6]
Position Name
Chairperson Salvador Medialdea (Executive Secretary)
Members Teodoro Locsin Jr. (Secretary of Foreign Affairs)
Carlos Dominguez III (Secretary of Finance)
Tina Rose Marie Canda (Secretary of Budget and Management)
Karl Kendrick Chua (Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority)

Cabinet appointments

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Marcos began naming the members of his cabinet on May 12, 2022.[18] According to Marcos's spokesperson, his main requirements for selecting members of his cabinet are competence, qualification, love for country, and respect for the constitution.[12]

Title Name Ref.
President Bongbong Marcos
Vice President Sara Duterte
Cabinet Secretary Unnamed (abolished)
Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez [19]
Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles [19]
Presidential Spokesperson Unnamed (abolished)
Secretary of Agrarian Reform Conrado Estrella III [20]
Secretary of Agriculture Bongbong Marcos [21]
Secretary of Budget and Management Amenah Pangandaman [22]
Secretary of Education Sara Duterte [18]
Secretary of Energy Raphael Lotilla [23]
Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources Ma. Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga [24]
Secretary of Finance Benjamin Diokno [22]
Secretary of Foreign Affairs Enrique Manalo [25]
Secretary of Health Maria Rosario Vergeire
(OIC) 		[26]
Secretary of Human Settlements and Urban Development Jose Acuzar [27]
Secretary of Information and Communications Technology Ivan John Uy [22]
Secretary of the Interior and Local Government Benjamin Abalos Jr. [28]
Secretary of Justice Jesus Crispin Remulla [19][29]
Secretary of Labor and Employment Bienvenido Laguesma [19][29]
Secretary of Migrant Workers Susan Ople [19][29]
Secretary of National Defense Jose Faustino Jr.
(OIC and Senior Undersecretary) 		[30]
Secretary of Public Works and Highways Manuel Bonoan [19]
Secretary of Science and Technology Renato Solidum Jr.
Secretary of Social Welfare and Development Erwin Tulfo [22]
Secretary of Tourism Christina Frasco [22]
Secretary of Trade and Industry Alfredo E. Pascual [19]
Secretary of Transportation Jaime Bautista [31]
Special Assistant to the President Antonio Lagdameo Jr. [19]

Other officials

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Title Name Ref.
Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Karlo Nograles [32]
Chairman of the Commission on Audit Jose Calida [33]
Chairman of the Commission on Elections George Erwin Garcia [34]
Chairman and Resident Representative of the Manila Economic and Cultural Office Silvestre Bello III [32]
Chairperson of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board Cheloy V. Garafil [31]
Commissioner of the Bureau of Internal Revenue Lilia Guillermo [35]
Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority Arsenio Balisacan [19][29]
Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Ricardo de Leon [35]
General Manager of the Philippine Ports Authority Christopher Pastrana [31]
National Security Adviser Clarita Carlos [36]
President and General Manager of the Government Service Insurance System Jose Arnulfo Veloso [37]
Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile [38]
Secretary of the Presidential Management Staff Zenaida Angping [22]
Solicitor General Menardo Guevarra [39]

References

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