Panganiban now SRA’s officer-in-charge

MANILA  -Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban assumes the post of officer-in-charge of the Sugar Regulatory Administration, SRA board member Pablo Luis Azcona said on Wednesday.

“As per the SRA charter, in the event that there is no administrator, the chairman of the board takes over as the OIC until an administrator is appointed or the board assigns another OIC usually the most senior deputy administrator,” said Azcona.

Panganiban, who represents President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., the country’s agriculture secretary and SRA board chair, will temporarily lead the agency until the successor of David John Thaddeus Alba, who left the top SRA post last month due to worsening health conditions, is appointed by the President.

Azcona told reporters that the SRA deputy administrators will take over daily routine and activities at the SRA in the meantime.