NAGBITIW na sa pwesto si Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Seccretary Roy Cimatu ngayong araw ng Biyernes dahil sa kundisyon sa kanyang kalusugan.
Kinumpirma ito ni Acting presidential spokesperson at Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles kung saan pansamantalang itinalaga bilang officer-in-charge si Jim Sampulna.
Ayon pa kay Nograles, “We wish Secretary Cimatu good health as he transitions from his decades-long and stellar service in government to private life,” .
Si Cimatu ay naupo bilang DENR Secretary matapos ni -reject ng Commission on Appointments Gina Lopez .
Dati rin siyang Brigade Commander ng Philippine Army bago naging Chief of Staff ng Armed Forces of the Philippines at naging Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East ito.