Bersamin says Palace memo on House leadership change is fake

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin denied on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, a circulating memorandum suggesting the replacement of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and directing intensified operations to improve the Marcos administration’s public approval ratings. (PPA POOL)

MANILA, Philippines — Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin denied on Wednesday a circulating memorandum suggesting the replacement of House Speaker Martin Romualdez and directing intensified operations to improve the Marcos administration’s public approval ratings.

The document, dated April 15, 2025, and supposedly signed by Bersamin, said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., “needs to make a determined effort to replace the Speaker” due to corruption allegations.

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“It has come to our attention that an internal memorandum purportedly issued by the undersigned as Executive Secretary and detailing a discussion of a survey presentation and hinting at a change in the leadership of the House of Representatives has been circulating on social media,” the statement of the Office of the Executive Secretary read.

“The Office of the Executive Secretary categorically denies the authenticity of said memorandum,” it also said.

The office said the memorandum is a “blatant attempt” to spread fake news and sow division in the ranks of the administration candidates.

It also said it should be rejected as a product of malicious minds.