VICE President Sara Duterte resigned as education secretary and vice chairperson of the government’s anti-communist task force, Malacañang announced on Wednesday.
Duterte did not provide a reason for her resignation.
According to Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Secretary Cheloy Garafil, Duterte went to Malacañang at 2:21 p.m. Wednesday to tender her resignation as Member of the Cabinet, Secretary of the Department of Education and Vice Chairperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).
“She [Duterte] declined to give a reason why. She will continue to serve as Vice President. We thank her for her service,” Garafil said, noting that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. accepted Duterte’s resignation from the Cabinet.
Marcos appointed Duterte as education secretary upon their assumption to office on June 30, 2022.
Marcos and Duterte ran and won convincingly under the UniTeam Coalition in the 2022 election. (PNA)
