Ochoa won’t quit post, no replacement from Balay faction
11/11/2010Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa Jr. has belied rumors that have circulated through text messages recently that he is on his way out of the Aquino Cabinet and would be replaced anytime soon by someone more competent from the Balay faction of former Sen. Manuel “Mar” Roxas.
The anonymous source of this rumor allegedly mentioned that Ochoa’s position will be handed over to Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras whom Aquino has regarded in public as one of the outstanding officials he has in his Cabinet by far.
Aquino purportedly considered this option to spare his administration from more blunders stemming from Ochoa’s perceived incompetence owing to the quality of executive orders (EOs) and other documents that his department furnishes which are often being questioned before legal courts.
Apart from Almendras, talks have already made rounds previously that the Executive Secretary position is being reserved for Roxas himself after that one-year hiatus from public service mandated by the Commission on Elections against those individuals who lost in the last elections..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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