SAN FERNANDO CITY, Pampanga: President Rodrigo Duterte is not keen on appointing a permanent head of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) until the end of his term in 2022.

The President, in a situation briefing here on Tuesday, shunned the idea of making a “regular” appointment for the Cabinet post vacated by now Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Gov. Benjamin Diokno in March.

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