CA confirms Roxas as DILG chief

Senator Miriam Santiago, who a few days ago swore to block the confirmation of Mar Roxas as new DILG secretary, beams as the newly confirmed DILG chief approaches her. Santiago had planned to invoke Sec. 20 to block Roxas, but relented on an appeal by Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III. JAMIN VERDE, INTERAKSYON.COM

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MANILA, Philippines -- The Commission on Appointment on Wednesday confirmed the nomination of Manuel Roxas II as secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government after Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago withdrew her threat of a veto on his confirmation.

No objection was raised when Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile announced the approval of Roxas’ nomination.

Santiago had earlier invoked Section 20 of the CA Rules, which allows a member of the commission to veto a nomination, after Roxas did not attend a hearing she called to look into the issues raised against resigned Interior Undersecretary Rico Puno.

But Senator Vicente Sotto III appealed to Santiago to withdraw her motion.

“Mr. President, my high intelligent quotient dictated that he must be considered. Therefore I withdraw my motion to suspend the consideration on the nomination of Secretary Roxas,” Santiago said. 

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