Honasan takes oath as new DICT secretary

July 1, 2019

Former Senator Gregorio Honasan took his oath of office on Monday as the new secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology ( DICT), Malacanang said.

President Rodrigo Duterte administered the oath-taking in a ceremony in Malacanang.

"He (Honasan) took his oath of office before PRRD (President Rodrigo Roa Duterte) just before the Cabinet meeting," Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said in a text message.

He said Honasan joined the Cabinet meeting on Monday.

Honasan, who just completed his six-year term as senator, replaced Acting DICT Secretary Eliseo Rio.

He is the latest Duterte appointee who came from the military.

Honasan is a gradate of the Philippine Military Academy “Matatag” Class of 1971.

Honasan, who was then a colonel, joined the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution that ousted dictator Ferdinand Marcos.

He co-founded the Reform the Armed Forces Movement, which launched two failed bids to unseat the late President Corazon Aquino. Celerina Monte/DMS