The same body that rejected the ad interim appointments of
then Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr., and Environment Secretary Regina “Gina”
Lopez, dealt the same booting out for DSWD Secretary Taguiwalo.
She is the third member of the Duterte’s official family that
was rejected by the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) which is mandated by the 1987 Constitution to which
is mandated to screen appointments to the Cabinet, diplomatic posts and
promotions to higher military ranks.
Davai Oriental Representative Jose Almario, read the
decision. And described the decision-making process a painstaking task.
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| DSWD Chief Judy Taguiwalo, the third cabinet appointee by President Duterte that has been rejected by the powerful Commission on Appointments (photo credit to MindaNation) |
“Our position, Mr. Chairman, my dear
colleagues, is no easy task. And our role is sacred,” Almario said.
“I stand before this august chamber as
your chairman on the committee on labor, employment, and social welfare, to
move for the Commission on Appointments to reject the ad interim appointment of
Judy Marigomen Taguiwalo as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and
Development,” he said
Taguiwalo was one of three Cabinet members that was
nominated by the Communist Party of the Philippines. The others are Agrarian
Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano and National Anti-Poverty Commission Lead
Convenor Liza Maza. Known as an activist and professor, she denies her link
from the CPP.
Malacañan was saddened by the rejection of Taguiwalo.
"Secretary Taguiwalo had served the Duterte
administration with passion, profession and integrity. She made and impact in
the lives of many Filipinos in her tenure as DSWD secretary,"
Presidential spokesperson Ernest Abella said in a statement.
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