MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — Malacañang on Wednesday, April 4, said that it has not received resignation letters from Justice Secretary Vitaliano Aguirre II and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
Special Assistant to the President Christopher “Bong” Go, in a letter to Malacañang media, said that they have not received any letter from Aguirre nor from Bello.
The statement came after reports floated that one or two cabinet members were going to be given the boot.
Aguirre came under fire after the dismissal of the drug charges against self-confessed drug distributor Kerwin Espinosa, businessman Peter Lim, and several others.
Meanwhile, Senior Deputy Executive Secretary Menardo Guevarra also clarified that the Office of the President has not received any resignation letter from either Aguirre or Bello.
“The Office of the President has not received any letter of resignation from either Secretary Bello or Secretary Aguirre. And the President has just returned from his Holy Week visit to his home town and he has not given any statement regarding this matter,” Guevarra said during a press conference on Wednesday, April 4.
He then added that the two officials have been invited to attend the Cabinet meeting that will be held Wednesday afternoon in Malacañang.
“We are not aware of any impending Cabinet revamp,” the Palace official said.
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