{"id":128120,"date":"2017-11-02T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=128120"},"modified":"2017-11-02T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T03:54:10","slug":"new-spox-need-not-be-confirmed-by-ca-pimentel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/11\/02\/new-spox-need-not-be-confirmed-by-ca-pimentel\/","title":{"rendered":"New spox need not be confirmed by CA: Pimentel"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_111428\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-111428\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-111428\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg\" alt=\"Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III filed the proposed Senate Resolution No. 457 that suggested the establishment of the Senate Special Committee on Marawi (Photo: By Albert Calvelo - Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain)\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel.jpg 500w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Koko_Pimentel-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-111428\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE: Senate President Aquilino \u201cKoko\u201d Pimentel III (<a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=49078571\">Photo: By Albert Calvelo &#8211; Public Relation and Information Bureau (original here), Senate of the Philippines, Public Domain<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III and ex-officio chairman of the powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) on Thursday said incoming presidential spokesman Harry Roque need not be confirmed by the appointments body.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe presidential spokesman, in my opinion, need not be confirmed anymore by the CA,\u201d Pimentel said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>Pimentel said this is because the presidential spokesman does not run a department like the other cabinet secretaries.<\/p>\n<p>He added that it was the sole discretion of President Rodrigo Duterte to appoint a presidential spokesperson just like the Presidential Legal Counsel and Executive Secretary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresidential spokesman, like the presidential legal counsel and executive secretary, should be 100 percent left to the discretion of the President,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Roque earlier said he would assume his new post on Monday (November 6) without resigning from the House of Representatives yet.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would have to wait for his appointment papers before resigning as a congressman but acknowledged that he could not serve as spokesman and congressman at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman is currently the deputy minority leader in the House, representing the Kabayan partylist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA\u00a0&#8212; 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