Commission on Audit chairperson Jose Calida has resigned his post, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin disclosed on Tuesday, October 4.

Bersamin also said that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has already accepted Calida's resignation.

Calida, 72, served as undersecretary of the Department of Justice during the administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from 2001 to 2004.

The Davao-born lawyer also served as executive director of the Dangerous Drugs Board in 2004.