BBM backs 'rightsizing' of govt agencies

PRESIDENT Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. expressed support to the proposed rightsizing of all agencies, departments, and government-owned or controlled corporations, with no exemptions, including the Department of Agriculture (DA) where he concurrently serves as Secretary.

The directive, Marcos maintained, is for the government to effectively and efficiently perform its mandate to the people by collectively having a more streamlined and organized operation.

"Siguro naman (I'm guessing) you have been hearing the new term now is 'rightsize'. So, that's also something that we are going to have to discuss. That we have to rightsize the DA," the Chief Executive said during his close-in meeting with DA officials last Monday.

"I have asked all of the department secretaries to do the same thing for their departments. So seeing as I am now holding the portfolio of Secretary of Agriculture, we also have to do it in our department," he added.

The current administration is pushing for the rightsizing of the bureaucracy to make it more "lean, efficient, and responsive" to the needs of the people by weeding out redundant and inefficient government bodies and positions.

The initiative aims to rationalize the functions of government offices and pinpoint which among the 187 government agencies and GOCCs may be streamlined through merging, restructuring, or abolition.

Source: TheManila Times