Marcos confirms Aguda resignation
SINGAPORE — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday confirmed that he had accepted the resignation of Information and Communications Technology Secretary Henry Aguda but said Malacañang delayed announcing it while searching for his replacement.
“Yes, but we were holding it back until we found the … replacement,” Marcos said during a Kapihan interview in Singapore.
The president said Ombudsman Jesus Crispin Remulla disclosed Aguda’s resignation before the Palace could formally announce it.
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“But the Ombudsman already spilled the beans before we were able to,” he said.
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Marcos suggested that Remulla’s disclosure was related to the progress of his investigation into alleged ghost connectivity projects.
“I think that is because of the investigation that he’s conducting,” Marcos said.
He said the Palace and the Office of the Ombudsman had approached the matter separately, resulting in the uncoordinated timing of the announcements.
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“I think we came at that news, or the information, from different directions, and so the timing was not correlated,” he added.
Marcos did not identify Aguda’s replacement or explicitly say that the investigation was the reason for his resignation.
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Aguda, who was appointed DICT chief in March 2025, succeeded Ivan Uy.
Remulla announced on Saturday that Aguda had resigned and that the president had accepted his resignation. Three days earlier, Palace press officer Claire Castro said Aguda remained DICT secretary.
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The Office of the Ombudsman is investigating allegations involving government internet connectivity projects, including claims that public funds were spent on services that were never delivered. No findings of liability have been established. /das
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