PCO Acting Secretary Cesar Chavez file his irrevocable resignation
To use a broadcast parlance, I will be signing off as Acting Secretary of the Presidential Communications Office on February 28, 2025, or anytime earlier when my replacement is appointed.
I submitted my irrevocable resignation on February 5, 2025.
However, I will not be signing out as a believer in this administration, whose vision I will continue to support as I pursue endeavors outside of government but still within the realm of public service.
I would like to thank the President for the opportunity to serve, which has been an honor of a lifetime made possible only by his trust and confidence in me.
Although there is much for which I am grateful and a long list of people to thank, I leave with only one regret: in my estimation, I have fallen short of what was expected of me.
It is to this fidelity to the truth—the bedrock belief to which I have anchored myself as a former broadcast journalist—that I must tell the unvarnished truth about my resignation and not some manufactured reason.
Since my first day working in this administration and up to almost two years and seven months, I have always served each day as if it were my last, and thus I strive to give my best. As I always remind those who work with me at PCO, I am only as good as my last performance. (Itinuro sa atin ang prinsipyong ito ng isa sa mga original Radyo Patrol, Dr. Orly Mercado, noong tayo ay nagsisimula pa lamang bilang reporter noong Dekada 80.)
And when the last day comes, I will leave with the same enthusiasm, gratitude, and hope for a better future for the country we love.
Dios mabalos, Mr. President.
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