DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesus Hinlo Jr. said it is the prerogative of President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint former military generals to his Cabinet.
Recently, Duterte named soon to retire Armed Forces chief General Eduardo Año as head of the Department of Interior and Local Government.
Año, who will retire in October, will over the helm of the DILG from officer-in-charge Catalino Cuy, who assumed the post after Duterte fired Secretary Ismael Sueno due to alleged corruption.
The president also appointed retired General Roy Cimatu as Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Other former ex-generals in the Cabinet are Hermogenes Esperon as National Security Adviser, Delfin Lorenzana as Defense Secretary, and Ricardo Visaya as Defense Undersecretary.
“It is still a balanced Cabinet and we will have to support the decision of the President on that. Anything will go smoothly as long as the intention and plan of the President is for the good of the Filipino people,” Hinlo said.
