"Two ministers in Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr's cabinet resigned on Tuesday after being implicated in an ongoing investigation into ghost infrastructure and billions of dollars of missing government funds, deepening a crisis facing the country's government over the corruption scandal. Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Department of Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman have both stepped down from their posts, presidential palace press officer Claire Castro said on Tuesday."
"Bersamin and Pangandaman are the highest-ranking members of the Marcos government to be hit directly by the corruption scandal since it broke in July, according to Aries Arugay, an expert in Philippines politics and a visiting senior fellow at Singapore's ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute. Marcos himself has managed to stay above the fray for now although Arugay said that could change at any time."
Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin and Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman resigned after their departments were implicated in an investigation into ghost infrastructure and billions of dollars of missing government funds. The pair left after allegations tied their agencies to a flood control anomaly and to allow the administration to address the issue, according to the presidential palace press office. They are the highest-ranking officials directly affected since the scandal emerged in July, and their resignations were presented as accepting command responsibility. The presidency has not been formally implicated, though analysts warn further evidence could widen the probe. Separate allegations claim $1.7 billion was added to the budget for dubious public works.
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