New Finance Secretary Ralph Recto (File photo)
MANILA – Commission on Appointment (CA) Assistant Minority Leader Johnny Pimentel on Tuesday said they have already received the appointment papers of new Finance Secretary Ralph Recto along with the nomination papers of two ambassadors and the promotion papers of 168 senior military officers.
The Surigao del Sur representative said the CA will start the hearings once Congress resumes session on Jan. 22.
“Based on CA records, Flerida Ann Camille Mayo was named Philippine ambassador to Cambodia while Edgar Tomas Auxilian was selected Philippine ambassador to Papua New Guinea with concurrent jurisdiction over Kiribati and Solomon Islands,” Pimentel said.
The latest batch of senior military officers awaiting their confirmation hearings, he said, is led by four Philippine Army major generals: Leodevic Guinid, Allan Hambala, Edmund Peralta, and Ramon Zagala II.
“We also have 13 brigadier generals from the Philippine Army, three commodores from the Philippine Navy and 148 colonels from the Philippine Army and the Philippine Air Force pending confirmation,” Pimentel added.
Pimentel urged the public to submit to the CA Secretariat in case there is any information, written report, or sworn/notarized complaints or oppositions to the appointees.
The Constitution empowers the 25-member CA to scrutinize the competence, fitness and integrity of key presidential appointees, and to approve or disapprove them.
The commission is composed of 12 members each from the House of Representatives and the Senate, with the Senate President as ex officio presiding officer. (PNA)
