AGRICULTURE SEC. MANNY PIÑOL NAGRESIGN DAHIL SA MGA INTRIGA, NAIYAK NA PINURI NI PANG. DUTERTE.
Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol has offered to resign amid reports that President Rodrigo Duterte is no longer satisfied with his performance.
“With the best interest of the Department of Agriculture and its stakeholders in mind, may I request that I be relieved from my present position as Secretary of Agriculture and re-assigned to whichever agency you believe I would be effective including the Mindanao Development Authority or MinDa,” Piñol’s letter read.
Piñol recommended any of his three undersecretaries-- Undersecretaries Waldo Carpio (Undersecretary for Special Concerns and Legislative Liaison Officer), Ariel Cayanan (Undersecretary for Operations), and Francisco Villano (Undersecretary-designate for Finance) -- to replace him as Agriculture chief.
Piñol said the three undersecretaries are “all competent and loyal” to Duterte’s ideals and advocacies and familiar with the agency’s programs.
