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Ex-chief justice Lucas Bersamin is Marcos' new executive secretary

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/07/31/20181128-lucas-bersamin-chief-justice-aa-7760.jpg"/><figcaption>Retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin</figcaption></figure></div><h3>Appointment based on &#x27;trust&#x27;: Palace</h3><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. has named retired Supreme Court chief justice Lucas Bersamin as his new executive secretary, replacing his long-time aide Vic Rodriguez, Malacañang announced Tuesday. </p><p>Bersamin has taken his oath before Marcos, Press Secretary Trixie Cruz-Angeles said. </p><p>&quot;He began his duties immediately by attending the 9th cabinet meeting right after swearing in,&quot; she added. </p><p>Rodriguez resigned from the &quot;little president&quot; post earlier this month, just weeks after being linked to the sugar importation mess. He will continue serving in the government as the Presidential Chief of Staff.</p><p>When asked about the main difference between Rodriguez and Beramin&#x27;s posts, Angeles said the public would have to wait for the &quot;distinction&quot; based on the <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/09/17/22/what-are-the-functions-of-the-presidential-chief-of-staff">Administrative Order No. 1</a>. </p><p>&quot;Ang current status is he (Rodriguez) entered into his duties as chief of staff, so that is how things stand right now.&quot; </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Retired Supreme Court chief justice Lucas Bersamin takes his oath as the new executive secretary. Image from Malacanang" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/tvpatrol/09/27/lucas-bersamin.jpg"/><figcaption>Retired Supreme Court chief justice Lucas Bersamin takes his oath as the new executive secretary.<em> Image from Malacanang</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Prior to his new post, Bersamin was the chairman of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) after being designated by Marcos&#x27; predecessor, former President Rodrigo Duterte, in 2020. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/28/18/lucas-bersamin-is-the-new-chief-justice-source">Lucas Bersamin is new Chief Justice</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/02/13/20/ex-chief-justice-bersamin-is-new-gsis-chair-says-go">Ex-chief justice Bersamin is new GSIS chair</a></li></ul><div><strong>&#x27;BASED ON TRUST&#x27;</strong></div><p>Marcos&#x27; primary consideration in choosing Bersamin as his new executive secretary was trust, Cruz-Angeles said.</p><p>&quot;He is well-qualified to be the executive secretary having put in so many years in the judiciary, he has the necessary legal background and the ability to deal with paperwork,&quot; the Press Secretary said during a Palace briefing. </p><p>&quot;He is trusted and well-qualified for this.&quot; </p><p>Bersamin obtained his law degree from the University of the East in 1973, a government website <a href="https://www.set.gov.ph/member-justices/1175/hon-justice-lucas-p-bersamin/">showed</a>. During the same year, he placed 9th in the Bar examinations.</p><p>He served as presiding judge of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 96 beginning November 1986, and was a Court of Appeals associate justice prior to being appointed to the high court by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/08/24/18/profile-lucas-bersamin">PROFILE: Lucas Bersamin</a></li></ul><p>As associate justice, Bersamin voted in favor of Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno&#x27;s ouster, the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr.&#x27;s burial at the Heroes&#x27; Cemetery, and the Mindanao martial law declaration and extension, among others. </p><p>Bersamin served as the country&#x27;s top magistrate from November 2018 until his retirement in October 2019. </p><div><strong>FROM OUR ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_HQkrbnws0I?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

As associate justice, Lucas Bersamin voted in favor of chief justice Lourdes Sereno's ouster and the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos' burial at the Heroes' Cemetery.

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Ex-chief justice Lucas Bersamin is Marcos' new executive secretary

Job Manahan,

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Published September 27, 2022 10:00 AM PHT

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Updated September 27, 2022 02:05 PM PHT

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