The powerful Commission on Appointments confirmed a total of 597 presidential nominations and ad interim appointments in the first regular session of the 19th Congress, Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, CA assistant minority leader, said
Still, no full-time heads for the Department of Agriculture , Department of Health , and the Department of National Defense .
“All told, the CA gave its consent to the appointments of 21 Cabinet secretaries, five constitutional commissioners, 119 foreign service officers, 451 military officers, and a member of the Judicial and Bar Council ,” Pimentel said. Last Sunday, Malacañang revealed a fresh batch of presidential appointees that included Mersole Mellejor, as Ambassador to Nigeria, with concurrent jurisdiction over the Benin, Burkina Faso, and Cameroon, and Raquel Solano, as Chief of Mission, Class II.
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