Palace: Cabinet reshuffle won’t disrupt gov’t operations, investments

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MANILA – Malacañang assured the business sector on Friday that the latest Cabinet reshuffle under the Marcos administration would not disrupt government oper...

CABINET RESHUFFLE. Palace Press Officer Claire Castro answers questions during a press briefing at the International Media Center at World Trade Center in Pasay City on Friday (Nov. 13, 2026). Castro assured the business sector that the leadership changes in key government agencies would not disrupt operations or undermine investor confidence. (PNA photo by Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos)

MANILA – Malacañang assured the business sector on Friday that the latest Cabinet reshuffle under the Marcos administration would not disrupt government operations or undermine investor confidence.

Palace Press Officer Claire Castro said leadership changes in key government agencies would not affect their operations because officials and personnel work together under a whole-of-government approach.

“Ang mga liderato sa bawat ahensiya ay nagkakaisa-isa naman, hindi naman sila nagtatrabaho (The leadership of each agency works collectively. They do not operate) on their own,” Castro said in a press briefing at the International Media Center at World Trade Center in Pasay City.

Business groups raised concerns that leadership changes in the Bureau of Customs (BOC), Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA), and Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) could unsettle investors and cause disruptions.

BCDA president and chief executive officer Joshua Bingcang was transferred to PEZA, BOC Commissioner Ariel Nepomuceno to the BCDA and BIR Commissioner Charlito Martin Mendoza to the BOC.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. also appointed Finance Undersecretary Rolando Ligon Jr. as the new head of the BIR.

Castro emphasized that the government adopts a whole-of-government approach to ensure the smooth delivery of services, improve economic performance, and strengthen revenue collection.

She dismissed suggestions that the leadership changes were prompted by operational shortcomings in the affected agencies.

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