Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 14)— Former Interior Secretary Eduardo Año is back as a Cabinet member — this time as the new National Security Adviser (NSA) of the Marcos administration.
Malacañang on Saturday announced that Año will replace NSA Clarita Carlos, who has decided to pursue “scholastic endevours” and is set to join the Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department (CPBRD) at the House of Representatives.
Año has already taken his oath before President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., according to the Palace.
Before leading the Department of the Interior and Local Government, Año served as chief of staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, as well as commanding general of the Philippine Army.
Meanwhile, Carlos explained that she left the post after realizing that it may “no longer be politic” for her to continue on as NSA to the president.
“And so, I have decided to migrate to another agency where my expertise on foreign, defense and security policy will be of use and I shall continue to help build a better Philippines,” the retired University of the Philippines professor said.
The CPBRD provides the lower chamber of Congress with technical service in the creation of national economic, fiscal, and social policies.
This is a developing story.
