Senior leaders of the House of Representatives on Tuesday
said they see no problem with the Duterte administration offering government
positions to communist rebels.
Majority Floor Leader Neptali Gonzales II said in a press
conference, "it's the president's call, wala namang prohibition diyan. We
should remember, lahat ng ma-appoint ng presidente are at the pleasure of the
appointing power subject to confirmation. Kung 'di naman ma-reject ng
Commission on Appointment, the president can always extend via an ad interim
appointment."
He pointed out that the president is the one responsible for
his government.
"Wala namang prohibition kung sino gusto i-appoint.
Siya ang responsable sa kaniyang desisyon. I'm sure he will be guided," he
explained.
Among the post reserved by President Duterte to left
leanings are the Department of Labor and Employment; Department of Agrarian
Reform; Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the Department of
Social Welfare and Development.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr., said, "I agree with
this. Sa tingin ko, itong pag appoint sa mga tao whose names have been
mentioned, appointing them as a symbol of reaching out is not enough to end the
rebellion."
"I'd like to look at the fact that by making that
offer…it will contribute to ending the NPA rebellion," he stressed.
Meanwhile, Belmonte doesn't seem to have a problem with
President-elect Duterte skipping his own proclamation in Congress on Monday.
Belmonte said that they did not feel snubbed at all.
"He had been saying that for a long time. It would have
been a snub had he made us expect...that he's coming. Matagal na, for weeks, he
had been saying he had never attended a proclamation. Ako naman, we feel sorry.
We would have been very happy to see the new president, considering he had also
been a member of Congress. We were forewarned from the very beginning," he
said.
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