THE Commission on Appointments (CA) has received the appointment papers of 29 individuals, including Secretaries Gilbert Teodoro of National Defense and Teodoro Herbosa of Health and 25 newly-promoted senior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Surigao del Sur Rep. Johnny Pimentel, CA assistant minority leader, yesterday said the body received the appointment papers of the 25 military officials from Malacañang last June 27.
The CA will start tackling the appointments after the second regular session of the 19th Congress opens on July 24.
Pimentel said the military batch is composed of a major general from the Air Force, 20 brigadier generals from the Air Force, Army and Marines, three commodores from the Navy, plus a lone colonel from the Army.
The CA is empowered by the 1987 Constitution to scrutinize the competence, fitness and integrity of key presidential appointees, including military officers from the rank of colonel or naval captain, and to approve or disapprove them.
Pimentel identified the new military appointees as Air Force Maj. Gen. Rommel Roldan; Air Force Brig. Generals Juliano Llarenas, Ulysses Marquez and Jesus Nelson Morales; Army Brig. Generals Anthon Abrina, Taharudin Ampatuan, Marion Angcao, Felix Ronnie Babac, Peter Burgonio, Maynard Camarao, Ferdinand Melchor Dela Cruz, Joey Escanillas, Francisco Lorenzo Jr., Arnel Jose Morada, Efren Morados, Dennis Pacis, Andre Santos, Gulliver Señires, Elmer Suderio and Christopher Tampus; Marine Brig. Gen. Antonio Mangoroban Jr.; Navy Commodores Edward Ike De Sagon, Dwight Steven Dulnoan, Salvador Henry Quinto; and Army Col. Eugene Henry Cabusao.
The CA received the appointment papers of Teodoro Jr. and Herbosa last June 6.
The commission also received last June 2 the papers of Mersole Mellejor as Philippine Ambassador to Nigeria and Raquel Solano as Chief of Mission, Class II, at the Department of Foreign Affairs.
“All told, we now have 29 appointees awaiting confirmation by the CA,” Pimentel said.
