FILE PHOTO: Department of the Interior and Local Government Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. answers questions from the media in a Palace briefing on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. – He formalized his Senate bid on Monday, October 7, 2024, filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) before the poll body at the Manila Hotel Tent City. A Supreme Court ruling states that an appointed government official is deemed resigned from his post once he or she filed his or her COC. INQUIRER.net/Ryan Leagogo
MANILA, Philippines — Benjamin Abalos Jr. formalized his Senate bid on Monday, filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) before the poll body at the Manila Hotel Tent City.
Abalos is deemed resigned as secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government as he officially filed his candidacy for senator in the 2025 elections, based on a ruling of the Supreme Court.
The Palace has not announced yet President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s new DILG chief.
Abalos served as DILG secretary since 2022 but before that, he led the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) in 2021 under former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Abalos was also mayor of Mandaluyong City from 1998 to 2004 and then became the city’s congressman from 2004 to 2007.
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