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Balisacan to submit courtesy resignation as DEPDev chief
Department of Economic, Planning, and Development (DEPDev) Secretary Arsenio Balisacan has expressed his readiness to submit a courtesy resignation as directed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.
Balisacan stated that he serves at the pleasure of the President and is willing to step down if the President believes someone else could better achieve national development goals.
He was appointed as the head of DEPDev by President Marcos Jr. after the 2022 presidential elections.
Balisacan also previously held the position of socioeconomic planning secretary under the administration of the late President Benigno S. Aquino III from 2012 to 2016.
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