Cabinet members of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Philippines
By Noel Y. Punzalan
Newly-installed Cabinet members of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) caretaker Governor Mujiv Hataman took their oath of office Tuesday in simple ceremonies held at Shariff Kabunsuan Complex, the provisional seat of the ARMM situated here.
Hataman, who presided over the oath-taking ceremony, described his new Cabinet secretaries as all qualified and carefully chosen by a screening committee prior to their appointments.
“My Cabinet members equally represent all ethnic tribes in the region,” he said.
Among the appointees were Atty. Jamar Kulayan for the Department of Education; Forester Kahal Kedtag – Department of Environment and Natural Resources; Marites Maguindra – Department of Trade and Industry; Professor Sangkula Tindick – Department of Agriculture and Fisheries; Halim Mohammad – Department of Agrarian Reform; Dr. Kadil Sinolinding Jr. – Department of Health; Haroun Lucman Jr. – Department of Interior and Local Government; Muslimin Jakilan – Department of Labor and Employment; and Engr. Emil Sadain – Department of Public Works and Highways.
Also appointed were Norkaila Mambuay–Campong as new Cabinet secretary and Atty. Abdulmuin Pakang as regional solicitor-general.
Hataman said positions that have yet to be filled up are those at the region’s Department of Transportation and Communications, Department of Science and Technology, and Department of Tourism “because there are no takers yet.”
The governor said the Cabinet secretaries would be closely monitored within the next 100 days in office as part of his reformed transitional government agenda in line with the aspiration of President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III who earlier installed him as regional officer-in-charge.
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