PRESIDENT Duterte has reappointed Budget Secretary Wendel E. Avisado and Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar pending the Commission on Appointments’ (CA) deliberations on their selection for the posts.
The President issued the ad interim appointments on October 11, while Congress is on recess from October 5 to November 3.
The new appointments were issued since they have yet to be confirmed by the Commission on Appointments.
Meanwhile, the President also named former House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte Jr. as Special Envoy of the President to Japan for Trade and Market Access, according to the list of presidential appointees distributed to reporters on Wednesday.
Doctor-businessman Jaime T. Cruz, who was earlier eyed by the President to head the Philippine Health Insurance Corp., was appointed as Special Envoy of the President to the People’s Republic of China for Trade and Investments.
Belmonte’s and Cruz’s appointment papers were dated October 15.
Other appointees include Joel Y. Abutal as Commodore for the Philippine Merchant Marine Academy, while Pedro Miguel L. Santos was named Director III of the Presidential Communications Operations Office.