The Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed on Wednesday
the appointments and nominations of 33 officers of the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA) and 37 high-ranking officers of the Armed Forces of the
Philippines (AFP).
The powerful commission, however, deferred the confirmation
of the ad interim appointment of 6th Infantry Division Commander Edmundo
Pangilinan to the grade of Major General upon the motion of Senator Alan Peter
Cayetano at the national defense level.
Cayetano grilled Pangilinan for more than one hour regarding
Pangilinan’s action when relieved Special Action Force (SAF) Chief Getulio
Napenas asked for artillery support from the 6th ID of the Philippine Army
during the Mamasapano encounter that killed 44 SAF commandos on Jan. 25.
Unsatisfied with Pangilinan’s answers, Cayetano moved to
defer the recommendation of Pangilinan’s confirmation to the plenary.
”I’m satisfied with many of your answers. There are still
gaps that I want to get answer. If we confirm him (Pangilinan) today , and in
the next few weeks the investigation shows something negative, it will reflect
on this committee,” Cayetano explained.
Pangilinan refused to answer some of the questions of
Cayetano, saying it would require executive session which has been granted by
the CA panel.
Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, a former Navy officer, tried
to block the exclusion of Pangilinan in the confirmation of the 38 AFP officers
but he was outnumbered.
”I think it is unfair because he (Pangilinan) did nothing
wrong with this mess. The plan (Oplan Exodus) was flawed. There was no prior
coordination with the military. The 6th ID sent ground troops but artillery,
that’s another thing. You cannot fire artillery without knowing the first
situation on the ground because you might hit civilians,” Trillanes explained
in defending Pangilinan and the AFP.
Pangilinan’s confirmation will be tackled at the plenary at
the resumption of Congress on May 4.
The 37 confirmed AFP officers include: Air Force Col. Pio C.
Gomez, Lt. Gen. Oscar P. Lopez, Maj. Gen. Raul L. del Rosario, Brig. Gen. Julio
R. Godfrey, Army Col. George N. Caperocho, Navy Capt. Mederico R. Celso, Col.
Basilio C. Pooten, Lt. Gen. Aurelio B. Baladad, Vice Admiral Alexander S.
Lopez, Brig. Gen. Edgar T. de Vera, Brig. Gen. Jose G. Mirandilla Jr., PAF Col.
Arcangel G. Gamido Jr., Lt. Gen. Nicanor M. Vivar, Rear Admiral Reynaldo L.
Yoma, Maj. Gen. Ivan F. Samarita, Brig. Gen. Leandro A. Loyao III, Brig. Gen.
Joselito M. Reyes.
The CA also confirmed Brig. Gen. Ricardo F. Castilan, PA
Col. Benedict M. Arevalo, PN Capt. Leo L. Zapatos, Maj. Gen. Rafael C.
Valencia, Brig. Gen. Buenaventura C. Pascual, Brig. Gen. Rozzano D. Briguez,
Brig. Gen. Guillermo A. Molina Jr. II, Brig. Gen. Paolo Leo Ma G. Miciano,
Brig. Apolinario Y. Alobba, Commodore Edwin M. Mackay, Brig. Gen. Ernesto R.
Milo, PA Col. Samuel B. Gayongorsa, Maj. Gen. Richard Q. Lagrana, Brig. Gen.
Andrew R. Regacho, Brig. Gen. Al I. Perreras, Brig. Gen. Glenn G. Macasero,
Commodore Vicente L. Cejoco, Brig. Gen. Michael Beverlyn J. Manquiquis, Maj.
Gen. Demosthenes C. Santillan, and Rear Admiral Aurelio A. Rabusa Jr.
Meanwhile, the CA, upon recommendation by the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, confirmed six ambassadors and 27 career and service officers.
The confirmed ambassadors include: Mary Jo. A.
Bernardo-Aragon, ambassador to Thailand ;
Lourdes O. Yparraguirre to the United Nations in New York India and Kingdom of Nepal Australia with concurrent jurisdiction over Croatia , Slovenia
and Slovak Republic ,
Alfonso A. Ver to Bahrain ,
and Renato Pedro O. Villa to Kuwait
Other confirmed DFA officers were: Domingo P. Nolaso,
Christian L. De Jesus, Rossanna Marie Villamor-Voogel, Reginald S. Bernabe,
Gabriel R. Bautista, Shirley L. Flores, Chariles Andrei P. Macaspac, Hjayceelyn
M. Quintana, Maria Theresa S.M. Lazaro, Angelito Nayan, Vanessa G. Bago-Liona,
Enrique Voltaire G. Pingol, Rhenita B. Rodriguez, Charmaine Serna-Chua, Alena
Grace S. Borra, Gilbert L. Segarra, Evelyn D. Austria-Garcia, Jesus S. Domingo,
Ivan Frank M. Olea, Stephanie Beatriz O. Valera, Lilibeth P. Almonte Arbez,
Pamela F. Dunan-Bailon, Mary Luck S. Hicarte, Arnel M. Sanchez, Hans Mohaimin
L. Siriban, Maria Sheila U. Monedero-Arnesto, and Mary Joy B. Ramirez.
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