MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte has reorganized Task Force Bangon Marawi, the body mandated to oversee the rebuilding of the war-shattered city, placing housing czar Eduardo del Rosario in charge of the body.
Under Del Rosario, who chairs the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council chairman Eduardo del Rosario, are Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, the former task force chairman, and Public Workers Secretary Mark Villar, who will be co-vice chairmen.
Administrative Order No. 9, which Duterte signed on October 27, said: “The Chairman of the HUDCC as head of the Task Force Bangon Marawi shall have operational control and supervision of the said Task Force and the overall responsibility to ensure that the objectives of this Order are accomplished.”
The Sub-Committee on Housing, formerly under the Office of the Cabinet Secretary, has also been placed under the HUDCC, which will be “primarily responsible for the immediate rehabilitation and construction of temporary or permanent shelters, and the restoration of water, electricity, and other public utilities.”
The Sub-Committee on Security, Peace and Order, on the other hand, will be jointly chaired by Lorenzana and acting Interior Secretary Catalino Cuy.
