Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri wants the Commission on Appointments (CA) not to act on the appointments of the Duterte administration and give the incoming Marcos administration the free hand to appoint its own nominees to constitutional commissions and offices. Zubiri made the move in t
POSTPONED. Senate Majority Leader Miguel Zubiri suggests deferring the deliberations of the Commission on Appointments Committee on Constitutional Commission and Offices during a panel meeting on Monday (May 30, 2022). He suggested that the next administration be given a hand in appointing officials. (Photo courtesy of Senate PRIB) MANILA - The confirmation hearing of five applicants for various government posts should be deferred until the new administration takes over so it will have a hand in selecting the officials it want to work with. Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri on Monday cited a similar suggestion in February 2016 by former Senator Juan Ponce Enrile, saying then-President Benigno Aquino III should no longer appoint officials whose terms will outgrow his. Two Commission on Elections (Comelec) officials and five ambassadors were bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA) at the time. "I will tell you, ambassadors deployed abroad are representatives of the P
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