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Susan “Toots” Ople accepts the position as chief of Department of Migrant Workers

Marcos spokesman Vic Rodriguez confirms the following have accepted their nomination to the incoming Cabinet: Arsenio Balisacan (NEDA), Benny Laguesma (Labor), Toots Ople (Migrant Workers).

Susan “Toots” Ople have accepted the offer to join the Cabinet of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

As of this writing, Laguesma and Ople have yet to personally confirm their acceptance of the Cabinet positions.

Ople’s main line of advocacy during her career is focused on Overseas Filipino Workers. She is known for advocating the rights of OFWs, especially those being maltreated in foreign countries. She opposed the death sentence given by Indonesia to a Filipino OFW who was tricked to carry drugs into the country. She also advocated for the release of numerous OFWs imprisoned in the Middle East.

She was a former labor undersecretary of the Philippine government. Her advocacies on labor range from the abolishment of contractualization to better employment opportunities for the people, especially the youth sector which face a sudden surge in unemployment due to a massive population boom.

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