Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairperson Saidamen Pangarungan and Commissioners Aimee Torrefranca-Neri and George Garcia are among the last appointees of President Duterte who will go through the so-called wringer at the Commission on Appointments (CA) before Congress adjourns sine die on June
Before Congress adjourns sine die on June 3, a committee of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) will determine the fitness of President Duterte’s nominees to hold key government positions.
There are sworn opposition to the appointments of Saidamen Pangarungan as chairman of the Commissio
The Comelec Employees’ Union, with a 5,000-membership of rank-and-file employees, in a statement dated May 18 is endorsing Pangarungan to the congressional Commission on Appointments after Pangarungan was able to “effectively ‘rally the troops’” for the recently concluded polls despite the pandemic.
The congressional Commission on Appointments, which is tasked with vetting presidential appointees, on Wednesday suspended proceedings to allow members to focus on elections work.
The Commission on Elections has affirmed the decision of its Second Division to junk the petition that sought to have then presidential frontrunner Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. declared a nuisance candidate and to cancel his certificate of candidacy.