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'Bypassed': Tulfo, Calida, 13 others fail to get CA nod before Congress break
'Bypassed': Tulfo, Calida, 13 others fail to get CA nod before Congress break
Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,
ABS-CBN News
Published Sep 28, 2022 11:26 PM PHT
The 15 bypassed officials would have to seek reappointment from President Bongbong Marcos. File photos
MANILA -- Fifteen appointees of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr. were bypassed by the Commission on Appointments (CA), the body said Wednesday.
They are the following:
Victor Rodriguez - Executive Secretary
Trixie Cruz-Angeles - Press Secretary
Raphael Lotilla - DOE Secretary
Benjamin Diokno - DOF Secretary
Rizalino Acuzar - DHSUD Secretary
Ivan Uy - DICT Secretary
Susan Ople - DMW Secretary
Manuel Bonoan - DPWH Secretary
Renato Solidum Jr. - DOST Secretary
Erwin Tulfo - DSWD Secretary
Alfred Pascual - DTI Secretary
Jaime Bautista - DOTr Secretary
Arsenio Balisacan - NEDA Secretary
Jose Calida - COA chairman
Nelson Celis - Comelec commissioner
Rodriguez has already resigned, though, and was replaced by former Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin.
According to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, who serves as CA chairperson, the body failed to tackle the appointments of the 15 due to "lack of material time."
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The first regular session of Congress is set to pause from Oct. 1 to Nov. 6.
"There was a lack of material time... If we pursued Sec. Tulfo and Bonoan, we would have finished at 7 p.m. and would have started the Senate session at 7:30 pa. Hindi puwede yan... We cannot also sacrifice our work in the Senate," Zubiri said.
According to him, the 15 bypassed officials would have to seek reappointment from Marcos.
"All the Secretaries... who have not been confirmed will have to seek a reappointment by the President as they would all be considered bypassed," Zubiri said.
The CA was able to approve 11 appointees since it reconvened this 19th Congress, including Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman, Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla, Environment Secretary Toni Yulo-Loyzaga, and Agrarian Secretary Conrado Estrella III, among others.
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