The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed Wednesday the appointments of ranking officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
Commission on Appointments (MANILA BULLETIN)
But the public hearing of the CA foreign affairs committee chaired by Sen. Panfilo M. Lacson to determine the fitness and capability of Millicent Cruz-Paredes to be a ranking DFA official was deferred.
The DFA has to explain why Paredes held two DFA posts as submitted to the CA: Chief of Mission, Class II as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Thailand and Permanent Representative to the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific; and as Chief of Mission, Class I.
Leading the 24 DFA envoys confirmed by the CA in a plenary session chaired by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III was Enrique Austria Manalo who will now sit as Chief of Mission, Class II as Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations, USA.
An economist, Manalo briefly held the post of acting DFA secretary in mid-2017.
Allen T. Paredes was the most ranking AFP officer confirmed as lieutenant general.
The others are Eric Vinoya as major general; John V. Oberio and Ramon J. Guiang as brigadier generals; and Carlos V. Sabarre as commodore.
Imelda Macapundag Panolong was confirmed as Chief of Mission, Class II as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Sultanate of Oman. She is the first Muslim woman to hold such a high DFA post.
Others confirmed were Jose Maria Ancheta Carino as Chief of Mission, Class I; Myla Grace Ragenia Catalbas Macahilig as Chief of Mission, Class II; and Arnel Marcos Sanchez.
Also confirmed were 19 Foreign Service Officers (FSOs). The group was headed by Chryzl Torres Sicat as FSO, Class IV.
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