Marcos 'happy' with performance of DOH, DND officers-in-charge

President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. said Thursday he is contented with the performance of his officers-in-charge in the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of the National Defense (DND).

In an interview in Quezon City, Marcos was asked for updates on the appointment of heads in several government offices, including DOH and DND.

Currently, Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire and Jose Faustino Jr. sit as officers-in-charge of the DOH and DND, respectively.

"Wala pa kaming DOH. Wala pa kaming inino-nominate (There's no DOH secretary yet. We have yet to nominate one). Usec. Vergeire is doing a fine job. Let her do — kasi we are still not out of the pandemic, so we have to continue to be careful," said Marcos.

"Sa DND, no I think — I think happy ako with the situation as it is now. We’ll see. We always — these things are revisited especially every year at the end of the first year. I don’t think that’s any — that’s a secret to anyone that at the end of the first year, ‘yung mga ibang kandidato, they will now join the mix of possible nominees," he added.

Marcos said he is more concerned with the execution of tasks of the government officials.

"Let’s be patient. Basta’t na… Ako, ang concern ko lang ‘yung kailangang gawin na trabaho, nagagawa. So far naman, nagagawa," Marcos said.

(My concern is if the tasks are being done. So far, they are performing their jobs.)

Marcos, who also sits as Agriculture chief, recently said there are certain things that he wants to achieve before leaving the Department of Agriculture.

He said the vetting process for the next DA chief continues.—AOL, GMA Integrated News