Marcos campaign chief to become DILG chief

MANILA – The campaign manager of presumptive president Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Benhur Abalos, is set to helm the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) portfolio, the Marcos camp announced Friday.

“I would like to announce that chairman Benhur Abalos has been nominated to lead the Department of Interior and he has accepted the challenge to lead the department,” Marcos spokesman Atty. Vic Rodriguez said in a press briefing.

Abalos previously served as chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority ( MMDA) under the administration of outgoing President Rodrigo Duterte.

He resigned from his post to be the national campaign manager of Marcos.

Marcos is poised to be the country’s chief executive, having garnered over 31 million votes in the May 9, 2022 elections, according to partial and unofficial tally of the Commission on Elections. (Daphne Galvez ©