Macacua asks Iqbal to resign over ₱2.2-B questionable transactions; Iqbal declines
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May 2026) — Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua has asked Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal to tender his i…
Macacua asks Iqbal to resign over ₱2.2-B questionable transactions; Iqbal declines
COTABATO CITY (MindaNews / 17 May 2026) — Bangsamoro Chief Minister Abdulraof A. Macacua has asked Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal to tender his irrevocable resignation by 5 p.m. on Monday, May 18, following the report from the special audit by the Commission on Audit (COA) on the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) that exposed over ₱2.2 billion in questionable procurement transactions. “We respectfully request you to either resign immediately or you shall be deemed resigned if we do not receive your irrevocable resignation at the closing office hour of Monday, May 18, 2026,” Macacua said in a letter dated May 11, before closing with this note: “We thank you for your services.” Iqbal in his response on May 16, said he received the May 11 letter a day earlier. But for Iqbal, resignation is not an option. “I respectfully decline to resign at this time, and I wish to place on record that I do not consent to any interpretation of my silence or of...
