DBM Secretary Wendel Avisado (File photo)
MANILA – Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado’s current health condition has prompted him to step down from his post, Malacañang confirmed on Friday.
In a message to reporters, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said President Rodrigo Duterte has already accepted Avisado’s resignation.
“PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) has accepted Sec. Wendel Avisado’s resignation due to medical reasons,” Roque said.
Roque said Budget Undersecretary Tina Rose Marie Canda has been designated as the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Canda has been acting as DBM OIC since Avisado went on medical leave on Aug. 2.
Avisado earlier took a medical leave after contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and to undertake a series of examinations 14 years after undergoing heart surgery.
He was hospitalized for eight days and quarantined for over a month after catching Covid-19. The date of his hospitalization was not mentioned.
Avisado, a former Davao City administrator during Duterte’s mayorship, was appointed DBM Secretary in August 2019.
He is Duterte’s second Budget secretary, replacing Benjamin Diokno who is now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor.
Before his resignation, Avisado managed to submit the executive department’s 2022 National Expenditure Program, which will also contain funding for the government’s Covid-19 response. (PNA)
“PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) has accepted Sec. Wendel Avisado’s resignation due to medical reasons,” Roque said.
Roque said Budget Undersecretary Tina Rose Marie Canda has been designated as the officer-in-charge (OIC) of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).
Canda has been acting as DBM OIC since Avisado went on medical leave on Aug. 2.
Avisado earlier took a medical leave after contracting coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and to undertake a series of examinations 14 years after undergoing heart surgery.
He was hospitalized for eight days and quarantined for over a month after catching Covid-19. The date of his hospitalization was not mentioned.
Avisado, a former Davao City administrator during Duterte’s mayorship, was appointed DBM Secretary in August 2019.
He is Duterte’s second Budget secretary, replacing Benjamin Diokno who is now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas governor.
Before his resignation, Avisado managed to submit the executive department’s 2022 National Expenditure Program, which will also contain funding for the government’s Covid-19 response. (PNA)
