Marcos wants agri expert to head DA

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said the next secretary of agriculture should be an expert in the field.

Speaking to reporters in Switzerland after wrapping up his activities at the World Economic Forum on Friday, Marcos said agriculture is a “very complicated subject.”

“Hindi lang kung sino-sino basta’t magaling mag-manage. They have to understand the science… They have to understand the solution. They also have to understand the system,” Marcos said.

He said he doesn’t think a policeman or a military man will fit for the position “unless they’re involved in agriculture.”

“Mayroon naman nag-retire diyan, they got heavily involved in agriculture, baka marunong na talaga sila, why not?” Marcos said.

The Senate minority bloc earlier urged Marcos to appoint a full-time Department of Agriculture secretary that will ensure food security in the country.

Marcos, who concurrently holds the DA portfolio, said he intends to do “all the hard things” while he is in the department.

“All the hard things, ‘yung mahirap gawin ngayon namin gagawin. ‘Pag nagawa na namin ‘yung mga bucket list namin, natapos na namin, aalis na ako then I will give it to somebody else,” he said. —VBL, GMA Integrated News

Marcos wants agri expert to head DA
Source: Filipino Viral News PH