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
“My suggestion is since we have a last day, which could be on Wednesday, we can take it up on Wednesday. The hearing today, we can take it up on a Wednesday and under our rules, we’ll have to vote on it in caucus,” Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said.
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
The bicameral Commission on Appointments has again deferred deliberations on the appointments of top officials of the Commission on Elections, Commission on Audit and Civil Service Commission, apparently to allow president-elect Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to nominate his choices to lead the agencies when he assumes office on June 30.
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