Dizon, Lopez assume new posts with orders to set lasting reforms

Returning Transport secretary Vince Dizon has officially turned over the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) to its new head, outgoing acting Department of Transportation (DOTr) chief Giovanni Lopez.

“I have every, every confidence in your capabilities. I’m not going to tell you right now that this is going to be easy. It’s not that easy. It’s not going to be easy. It’s a huge department. While the reforms are in place, (it’s) still not finished. There are a lot more that need fixing,” Dizon said partly in Filipino during a media briefing alongside the turnover ceremony on October 27.

Dizon acknowledged that they will not be able to solve everything but in the final less than two years of the current administration, what they will all do is work to provide even just a small relief to Filipinos.

“As the President said, we have to build the systems that will last. We have to build the systems so that the reforms will last,” he noted, adding that “The President has so much confidence in Sec. Banoy (Lopez).”

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