Retired Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin is the new head of the Government Service Insurance System.
President Duterte appointed Bersamin as member of the GSIS Board of Trustees and approved his nomination as GSIS chairman based on documents released by Malacañang yesterday. Bersamin will take the place of Jesus Clint Aranas, who was dismissed by the President last year.
Based on his appointment paper, the former magistrate will serve the unexpired term of office that began on July 1, 2019 and will end on June 30, 2020.
“I am pleased to inform you that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte has approved the nomination of Mr. Lucas Purugganan Bersamin as Chairperson of the Government Service Insurance System,” Executive Secretary Salvador Salvador Medialdea wrote in a letter to the GSIS Board last Feb. 6.
Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo lauded Bersamin’s “sterling record of public service” and expressed optimism that he will continue to serve the State pension firm with integrity and dedication.
“Mr. Bersamin has a sterling record of public service capped by a 10-year service in the Supreme Court where he assumed the position of Chief Justice in 2018. Former Chief Justice Bersamin finished law at the University of the East in 1973, and placed ninth in the Bar Examinations thereafter,” Panelo said. (Genalyn Kabiling)