President Rodrigo Roa Duterte presides over the 54th Cabinet meeting at the Malacañan Palace on May 30, 2022. (UPDATE) THE Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday bypassed -- for lack of quorum -- the ad interim appointments of five officials to three constitutional bodies. Zubiri noted that former president Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino 3rd gave the then incoming Duterte administration a "free hand to choose the choices of his constitutional commissions." Why not leave that to the incoming president? Sana (I hope) we can give that courtesy to the incoming president," he said in a briefing.

Source: Manila Times June 02, 2022 17:27 UTC