President Rodrigo Duterte will reappoint 15 members of his Cabinet
who failed to get the nod of the powerful Commission on Appointments
(CA), a Palace official said on Saturday.
Bypassing appointees takes place when Congress adjourns session or
goes on recess without the CA approving the appointments. The
legislature is on a two-week All Saints’ Day break.
“They failed to make it before the recess, so they will be reappointed,” Palace spokesman Ernesto Abella said in a text message.
Those who were bypassed were Secretaries Vitaliano Aguirre 2nd of
Justice, Leonor Briones of Education, Fortunato de la Peña of Science
and Technology, Ramon Lopez of Trade and Industry, Regina Paz Lopez of
Environment and Natural Resources, Rafael Mariano of Agrarian Reform,
Ernesto Pernia of Socioeconomic Planning, Emmanuel Piñol of agriculture,
Rodolfo Salalima of Information and Communications Technology, Ismael
Sueno of Interior and Local Government, Judy Taguiwalo of Social Welfare
and Development, Wanda Corazon Teo of Tourism, Arthur Tugade of
Transportation, Paulyn Jean Obial of Health and Perfecto Yasay Jr. of
Foreign Affairs.
Seven Cabinet members have been confirmed: Executive Secretary
Salvador Medialdea, Benjamin Diokno of Budget and Management, Martin
Andanar of Communications, Carlos Dominguez 3rd of Finance, Silvestre
Bello 3rd of Labor and Employment, Alfonso Cusi of Energy and Delfin
Lorenzana of National Defense.
Also bypassed were several ambassadors, most of them political
appointees, including journalist Teodoro Locsin Jr. who was named the
country’s representative to the United Nations in New York.
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