NEXT DILG CHIEF. Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. (front left, in red) joins the proclamation of his father, Benjamin Sr., as Mandaluyong mayor at the city hall on Tuesday night (May 10, 2022). Abalos Jr., the former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chair who resigned to serve as national campaign manager of President-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr., will most likely head the Department of the Interior and Local Government, according to Marcos' spokesperson Vic Rodriguez. (PNA photo by Joey O. Razon) MANILA - Former Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. is set to become the next secretary of the Department of the Interior and Local Government, according to the camp of presumptive president Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. Abalos resigned from his MMDA post to become Marcos' national campaign manager. "I would like to announce that Chairman Benhur Abalos has been nominated to lead the Department of t