President Marcos Jr. has reorganized the National Security Council (NSC), excluding both the Vice President and former presidents from its membership. The move aims to ensure the NSC's resilience and ability to adapt to evolving national security challenges.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has removed the Vice President, as well as past presidents of the Philippines from the National Security Council (NSC) through a new Executive Order reorganizing the main advisory body for plans and policy related to national security.
The EO, issued on December 30 but made public only on Friday, January 3, said “there is a need to further guarantee that the NSC remains a resilient national security institution, capable of adapting to evolving challenges and opportunities both domestically and internationally.” The EO added that it was important to “ensure that its council members uphold and protect national security and sovereignty, thereby fostering an environment conducive to effective governance and stability.” In the context of the current Marcos administration, this means that both Vice President Sara Duterte and her father, former president Rodrigo Duterte, are no longer members of the NSC. Two other former Philippine presidents are still living — Joseph “Erap” Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, under whose term the NSC was last restructured. Arroyo is a staunch ally of the Dutertes. Responding to media inquiries on the restructuring of the NSC, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin said, “At the moment, the VP is not considered relevant to the responsibilities of membership in the NSC.” “Nonetheless, when the need arises, the EO reserves to the President the power to add members or advisers,” he adde
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