Unless President Rodrigo Duterte calls a special session of Congress, his three new appointees to the Commission on Elections cannot be confirmed or rejected by the Commission on Appointments (CA) until weeks after the May 9 elections. Read more👇
Unless President Rodrigo Duterte calls a special session of Congress, his three new appointees to the Commission on Elections cannot be confirmed or rejected by the Commission on Appointments until weeks after the May 9 elections.
The situation presents a challenge to the new appointees, said former Comelec commissioner Luie Tito Guia. Apart from Pangarungan, the president appointed high-profile election lawyer George Garcia and former social welfare undersecretary Aimee Torrefranca Neri as new commissioners. “Individual CA members can also assess the competence, performance, and impartiality of these nominees while Congress is in recess,” he said.Pangarungan is a lawyer and politician from Lanao del Sur province. He is the second Comelec chairman from Mindanao, following chairman Sheriff Abbas who retired in February 2022. Both Pangarungan and Abbas are Muslims.
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