PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. dismissed as “fake news” reports that Finance Secretary Benjamin E. Diokno will exit the Department of Finance (DoF).
“Fake news. I don’t know where it comes from,” Mr. Marcos told reporters when asked about Mr. Diokno’s status.
A website reported on Monday that Mr. Marcos is looking to replace Mr. Diokno and named as a possible replacement Albay Rep. Jose Ma. Clemente S. Salceda, who chairs the House ways and means committee. “Why would I do that? We’ve assembled a great team,” Mr. Marcos said. “We’re trying to go down a certain direction. It’s the wrong — it’s very, very poor time to… change horses in midstream.”“I don’t know where this is coming from. I’m old enough in this game to even bother about this. I just work nonstop,” he told reporters.Mr. Salceda, an economist, has also rejected speculation that he is in line for the DoF.
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