President Rodrigo Roa Duterte administers the oath of office of Benjamin Abalos Jr. as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority at the Malacañang Palace on January 11, 2021. SIMEON CELI/ PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO
MANILA – Former Mandaluyong City Mayor Benhur Abalos took his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday as the new chairman of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA).
Abalos served as mayor for 15 years, from 1998 to 2004 and from 2007 to 2016, and as the city’s lone representative in Congress from 2004 to 2007. Abalos will now face his new challenge as the chairman of MMDA, a position that his father, Benjamin Sr., also held from 2001 to 2002.