Press Release September 25, 2019
Sponsorship Speech at the Commission on Appointments
Mr. Chairman, this representation as Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, presided over a public hearing to deliberate on the ad interim appointments of 52 Senior Officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs consisting of five Senior Officials who are promoted to the rank of Chief of Mission, Class I; 10 Senior Officials promoted to the rank of Chief of Mission, Class II; 17 Senior Officials promoted to the rank of Career Minister; 20 Officials promoted to the rank of Foreign Service Officer, Class I; and the nomination of one officer to the rank of Foreign Service Officer, Class IV. Your Committee, after deliberating on their qualifications and fitness during the said public hearing, determined that all of the 52 appointees and one nominee are fit and qualified to the post where they are respectively nominated or promoted, and has therefore ruled to recommend to the plenary their respective nomination and appointments for the consent and confirmation of this august body. Mr. Chairman, it is my honor and privilege to recommend to this commission the confirmation of the ad interim appointments of the following Officials of the DFA to the rank of Chief of Mission, Class I: 1. Mr. Joseph Gerard Bacani Angeles* I so move, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I also recommend to the Commission the confirmation of the ad interim appointments of the following DFA Officials to the rank of Chief of Mission, Class II: 1. Ms. Deena Joy Dy Amatong* I so move, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I likewise recommend to this august body the confirmation of the ad interim appointments of the following Career Ministers: 1. Mr. Gerardo Padilla Abiog I so move, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I also recommend to this august body the confirmation of the ad interim appointments of the following Foreign Service Officers, Class I: 1. Ms. Azela G. Arumpac-Marte I so move, Mr. Chairman. Finally, Mr. Chairman, it is likewise my honor and privilege to move that this body gives its consent to the nomination of Ms. Jean Yasin Robles to the rank of Foreign Service Officer, Class IV. I so move, Mr. Chairman. Thank you Mr. Chairman. *34 DFA Officials have request for waiver of personal appearance |
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