Aquino Swears In 9 Cabinet Aides, Urges Teamwork
President Corazon Aquino swore in nine new Cabinet members Wednesday and appealed for teamwork to solve the Philippines’ problems in the wake of last month’s bloody coup attempt.
The new Cabinet members taking their oaths of office at the Malacanang presidential palace included the newly designated secretaries of justice, agriculture, education, transport, finance and agrarian reform and Aquino’s press secretary, legal affairs adviser and military adviser.
“We have only 800 days left (in office), and we must be able to deliver to the people the services they so justly deserve,” Aquino said after the ceremony.
Aquino revamped her Cabinet on Sunday after widespread criticism that her administration had failed to address the nation’s social, economic and political problems.
Those demands reached a climax last month when thousands of military mutineers launched the sixth and strongest attempt so far to topple Aquino since she took office in February, 1986.
Congress expanded the powers of a commission investigating the uprising, giving it the right, among other things, to look into bank accounts of suspected coup supporters.
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