Presidential transition of Bongbong Marcos

Transition team of Bongbong Marcos

Outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte (left) and president-elect Bongbong Marcos (right) meet at the President's Hall of Malacañang Palace, June 30, 2022.
Formation	May 12, 2022;2 years ago (2022-05-12)
Dissolved	June 30, 2022;2 years ago (2022-06-30)
Purpose	Peaceful and organized transfer of power
Outgoing President of the Philippines	Rodrigo Duterte
President-elect of the Philippines	Bongbong Marcos

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

Pre-election

• May 5: Outgoing president Rodrigo Duterte names the chairperson of his transition committee. ^[3]
• May 9: Election Day; Marcos leads the initial unofficial count in the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) transparency server. ^{[4] [5]}

Post-election

• 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

Marcos's transition committee

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

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

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

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]

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