Marcos defends ex-top cop Cascolan's appointment to DOH

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. stood by his appointment of former Philippine National Police chief Camilo Cascolan saying that the top cop “doesn’t have to be a doctor” as he would not be overseeing health issues at the Department of Health.

“He doesn’t have to be a doctor. He’s going to look at the function of the DOH,” Marcos told reporters Wednesday, adding that Cascolan would be dealing with “rightsizing” and “structural changes” at the department.

“We need someone to examine what has been going on. What is good, what is not and what can be fixed. That would be his function,” Marcos continued partly in Filipino.

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