(UPDATE) PRESIDENT Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. has turned down proposals to assign additional powers to the revived Office of the Presidential Chief of Staff (Opcos), which will be headed by resigned executive secretary Victor Rodriguez.

Press Secretary Rose Beatrix 'Trixie' Cruz-Angeles said in a statement released last Saturday night that on the recommendation of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile, the President disapproved of a draft of a special order giving additional functions to the chief of staff.