MANILA, Philippines – Kinumpirma ng Malakanyang na itinalaga ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr., si Joey Sarte Salceda bilang Kalihim ng Presidential Legislative Liaison Office.
Dahil dito, nagbabalik sa Gabinete si Salceda matapos ang mahigit sa dalawang dekada, nang italaga siya bilang Presidential Chief of Staff noong 2007.
Bitbit ni Salceda sa Gabinete ang kanyang extensive market-related experience, bilang research director ng ilang multinational investment firms, kabilang na ang UBS, SBC Warburg, at ING Barings.
Sa naging panahon niya sa pribadong sektor, pinangalanan si Salceda bilang Best Analyst in the Asia-Pacific region, nakatulong na maitatag ang Philippine stock market’s regional prominence noong 1990s.
Naitalaga rin si Salceda bilang chairperson ng Appropriations, Ways and Means, Economic Affairs, at Trade and Industry Committees of the House of Representatives, kung saan siya nagsilbi sa loob ng anim na taon.
Napag-alaman na mahigit sa 8 buwan nang bakante ang nasabing posisyon makaraang magbitiw si noo’y undersecretary Adrian Bersamin makaraang makaladkad sa flood control controversy.
Malawak ang karanasan ni Salceda sa legislative at executive dahil naging kinatawan ito ng Albay mula 2016 hanggang 2025.
Matatandaang naging chief of staff rin sya ni dating Pang. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
“I thank President Marcos for the trust and confidence. And I thank the Executive Secretary for his guidance. The most important resource of this administration is time. And with precious time and enduring support for the President in Congress, I humbly accept the immense challenge of passing the remaining major items of the President’s policy agenda,” Salceda said.
“I also hope to serve as a bridge of the President for the wisdom, talent, and insight of the private sector, the academe, and broader civil society,” aniya pa rin.
“The mandate given to me is to reform and transform the PLLO into a genuine policy office of the President. This administration has been uniquely open to the best ideas from the people. I humbly invite the country’s best minds, especially young people, to share with us your time, your talents, and your energies towards this undertaking.”litaniya ni Salceda. (KRIS JOSE)
