section_path: Aftermath
section_name: Aftermath
paragraph_text: Aftermath
  
  Former Duterte presidential spokesperson Harry Roque, who was seeking asylum in the Netherlands for what he says is political persecution, called President Marcos as a " lame duck ", referring to the result of the election where three DuterTen candidates are within the top twelve candidates in the Senate election. The government replied that, if Marcos was indeed a lame duck, and that the government was no longer effective, then Roque should return to the Philippines.
  
  On the weekend after the election, President Marcos, on a first podcast, said that "I don't want trouble. I want to get along with everyone. I have many enemies. I don't need enemies, what I need is a friend," in an apparent offer of reconciliation with the Dutertes. Senator Bong Go replied that the government should bring back Rodrigo Duterte from the Hague before any reconciliation occurs. The government later clarified that Marcos's statement on reconciliation was not just limited to the Dutertes, and that the government would also not bend the law for personal interests.
  
  A week later, Marcos reshuffled the Cabinet and asked its members of the for their courtesy resignations, saying "The people have spoken, and they expect results — not politics, not excuses. We hear them, and we will act." In the first round of the reshuffle, Marcos accepted the resignations of environment secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga and human settlements secretary Jose Acuzar. Yulo-Loyzaga was then replaced by energy secretary Raphael Lotilla, who was then replaced by his undersecretary Sharon Garin. Acuzar was then reassigned as Presidential Adviser for the Pasig River Improvement with the rank of secretary, while being replaced by Ramon Aliling, his undersecretary. Foreign affairs secretary Enrique Manalo was reassigned as the country's representative to the United Nations; Ma. Theresa Lazaro then replaced Manalo.
  
  Navotas representative Toby Tiangco, who served as Alyansa para sa Bagong Pilipinas's campaign manager, called the Senate results a "draw", saying that Alyansa's standings in Mindanao were adversely affected by the impeachment motion against Sara Duterte. Surigao del Norte representative Ace Barbers called the claim "misleading", noting that the majority of lawmakers in Mindanao who signed the impeachment complaint were reelected.