{"id":163070,"date":"2018-05-08T05:08:53","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T09:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=163070"},"modified":"2018-05-08T05:08:53","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T09:08:53","slug":"duterte-appoints-mama-o-as-special-envoy-to-kuwait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/05\/08\/duterte-appoints-mama-o-as-special-envoy-to-kuwait\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte appoints Mama-o as special envoy to Kuwait"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday announced that President Rodrigo R. Duterte has designated Secretary Abdullah Mama-o as special envoy to Kuwait. (PNA photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA\u00a0— Malaca\u00f1ang on Tuesday announced that President Rodrigo R. Duterte has designated Secretary Abdullah Mama-o as special envoy to Kuwait.<\/p>\n

Roque said Mama-o, an incumbent presidential adviser on Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) concern, has been tasked to repatriate all 800 Filipinos who ran away from their employers.<\/p>\n

He said three Filipino diplomats have “restrictive movements\u201d while four Filipino drivers were arrested by Kuwaiti authorities in the aftermath of the rescue operations for OFWs allegedly being abused by their employers.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo the mandate of Secretary Mama-o is to bring everyone home and possibly to normalize ties with Kuwait,\u201d Roque told a Palace press briefing.<\/p>\n

With Mama-o designation as special envoy, Roque said government is hoping the memorandum of understanding (MOU) will also be finally signed between the Philippines and Kuwait.<\/p>\n

\u201cMOU is also part of what we want to achieve because MOU will completely normalize our ties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Roque said Duterte is confident that Mama-o will be able to accomplish his special mission in the Gulf state.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the President noted that Secretary Mama-o, being a Muslim, has been effective in dealing with Kuwaiti authorities. So, it\u2019s like, he is allowing a Muslim do the negotiations for the time being with the Kuwaiti authorities,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

He also said the plan to send a team headed by Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to Kuwait has also been cancelled following Mama-o\u2019s appointment.<\/p>\n

He said Mama-o had actually just returned from Kuwait \u201cbearing good news for the President\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news though, we will withhold releasing until we\u2019ve had actual realization. But the President then said that Secretary Mama-o will be appointed as Special Envoy to Kuwait,\u201d Roque said.<\/p>\n

Roque said Mama-o will go back to Kuwait \u201cas soon as possible\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do now know when Secretary Mama-o can actually fly back to Kuwait, but the marching order of the President was as soon as possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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