PM Speaks on Thea Garcia Ramirez Appointment

The latest Cabinet appointments have everyone buzzing, especially the appointment of newcomer Thea Garcia-Ramirez. In her first term, she’s been handed the reins at the Ministry of Human Development, Family Support, and Gender Affairs. Some are questioning if favoritism played a role in this decision. However, PM Briceño firmly denies these claims, explaining that with only two women in his administration, it was essential to appoint one as a substantive minister.

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“Simply because as I said, there are only two women and I had to bring her in Cabinet unless I would be jumped upon and they would say you brought no women in your Cabinet. So, since Minister Dolores is retiring, on her way out, then we felt it is important to bring her in to take over. Then, you don’t want to just give her a ministry for giving a ministry sake, but also something substantive and to make the point that Thea is a very competent woman. She has demonstrated that everywhere she is and how she works. I feel that I didn’t want to give her a token ministry, but a ministry where there is a lot of work and she has a passion for women and families and children and this is where she can take her passion and ideas and policies of government into place and practice to make a difference in the lives of people.”

 

Paul Lopez

“How do you dispel the notion that she is being favored?”

 

Prime Minister John Briceño

“I don’t know how you come to that, how you could ask such a question when I just explained to you why is it that we put her there.”