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Estrada-era Budget Sec. Diokno accepts Duterte offer to return to post


Economist Benjamin Diokno has accepted the offer of President-elect Rodrigo Duterte to return as secretary of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM).

Diokno confirmed the development to GMA News' Cedric Castillo, saying it was a “done deal.”

An economics professor at University of the Philippines, Diokno previously served as budget secretary under the administration of Joseph Estrada.

Diokno, along with other presumptive Cabinet appointees, was in Davao City on Tuesday afternoon to meet with Duterte. 

Duterte's pick for education secretary, former national treasurer Leonor Briones, was also seen at the venue.  Briones said that she is yet to make a decision on Duterte's offer. 

Aside from leading watchdog Social Watch Philippines, Briones is also a professor emeritus at the National College of Public Administration and Governance (NCPAG) in UP. 

The President-elect will hold a press conference after the meeting to announce more names for his Cabinet. —Trisha Macas/JST, GMA News

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