Duterte names Budget USec. Abuel as DBM OIC
President Rodrigo Duterte has named Budget Undersecretary Janet Abuel as officer-in-charge of the Department of Budget and Management, according to a report on Tuesday on Dobol B sa News TV by Tuesday Niu.
FLASH: Undersecretary for Local Government and Regional Operations Group Janet Abuel, itinalaga ni Pangulong Duterte bilang officer-in-charge at acting secretary ng Dept. of Budget Management. | via @mamutuesday pic.twitter.com/I8iQOskZe6
— DZBB Super Radyo (@dzbb) March 5, 2019
Abuel, the DBM undersecretary for the Local Government and Regional Operations Group, will be acting secretary until Duterte appoints a new Budget secretary.
Former Budget Benjamin Diokno has been appointed as governor of Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and will assume his new post on Tuesday, March 5.
Diokno will serve the unexpired term of the late BSP governor Nestor Espenilla Jr. who was supposed to end his tenure in July 2023. He will be the fifth central bank governor.
According to Diokno, Abuel holds a master's degree in public administration from the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore, and a master of laws degree from the University of Sydney in Australia. —KG, GMA News