THE Commission on Appointments (CA) said Wednesday that religion should never be a criterion for the approval of the nomination of Philippine ambassadors and the ad interim appointments of eight mid-career-level officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).
THE Commission on Appointments said Wednesday that religion should never be a criterion for the approval of the nomination of Philippine ambassadors and the ad interim appointments of eight mid-career-level officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs .CA members Representatives Luis Raymund Villafuerte and Johnny Pimentel made this point after Dr. Camad Mangotra and his group opposed the nomination of Raymund Balatbat as Manila's envoy to Saudi Arabia because he is a 'non-Muslim.
However, I would like to remind the oppositors that everybody is free to recommend, but the appointing authority rests upon the Department of Foreign Affairs and the President, which they submit to the CA,' Villafuerte said.He continued, 'In answer to their concern, there are Muslim ambassadors appointed to the Vatican.
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