{"id":184931,"date":"2018-10-10T01:36:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T05:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=184931"},"modified":"2018-10-10T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T05:36:10","slug":"duterte-eyes-appointing-panelo-press-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/10\/10\/duterte-eyes-appointing-panelo-press-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Duterte eyes appointing Panelo as Press Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Rodrigo R. Duterte and Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo (Presidential Photo via PNA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— President Rodrigo R. Duterte on Tuesday said that he is considering to appoint Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Salvador Panelo as chief of the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) should the agency be revived.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to but if — I\u2019m going to reorganize Press Secretary.\u00a0Kanya lahat<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s all his),\u201d Duterte told reporters after administering the oath of officers of Malaca\u00f1ang Press Corps.<\/p>\n

\u201cPanelo if he —\u00a0tingnan muna natin. Kung makakuha ako ng<\/em>(let\u2019s see first. If I can get a new) Presidential Legal Counsel then if he likes the job,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Duterte explained that he first offered the post to his spokesperson Harry Roque, but he is yet to decide on whether to stay or leave the Cabinet to run for senator in next year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cKaya naipit nga si Roque<\/em>\u00a0(Roque is torn). It\u2019s not my fault actually.\u00a0Sabi niya tatakbo siya. Hindi siya tatakbo. Tatakbo<\/em>\u00a0(He said he will run, then he won\u2019t run. Then he\u2019ll run again),\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cTapos sabi ko — namili na kaagad ako. Para walang<\/em>\u00a0paralysis\u00a0sa<\/em>\u00a0flow ng functions (So I said, I already selected someone. So that there won\u2019t be a paralysis in the flow of functions),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar bared that Roque was offered the Press Secretary post. Roque, however, remains undecided on whether he would accept it.<\/p>\n

Duterte said that Andanar may remain as \u201cconsultant\u201d but did not clarify which agency he would work for.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe (Andanar) will remain a consultant,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, there\u2019s so many things that they have to reconfigure their programs sa PTV 4.\u00a0Maraming baguhin diyan siguro<\/em>\u00a0(There\u2019s so much to change there) to make it more responsive as a sounding board for the Republic of the Philippines parang ganun (something like that),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

During the previous administration, the OPS was split into the PCOO and the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office (PCDSPO). The PCDSPO functions were already transferred to the PCOO.<\/p>\n

New NFA administrator<\/strong><\/p>\n

Duterte, meanwhile, bared that he is considering appointing a Chinese-Filipino to replace resigned National Food Authority (NFA) administrator Jason Aquino.<\/p>\n

\u201cNgayon, ang<\/em>\u00a0(Now in) NFA, I\u2019m looking for somebody else. I\u2019m looking for a Chinese who\u2019s been there in the business maybe 20 years,\u201d Duterte said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ll just ask him to, in the meantime, to be the NFA.\u00a0Alam man nila ang negosyo na \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(They know the business there),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

During a situation briefing on Typhoon “Ompong” last month, Duterte said he wanted to appoint Philippine Army (PA) Chief Lt. Gen. Rolando Bautista as the next NFA administrator.<\/p>\n

Last Oct. 5, Duterte said that he has named Bautista as the next Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).<\/p>\n

\u201cNa-announce ko naman<\/em>\u00a0(I have announced), the next DSWD Secretary was just about a few days —Rolly Bautista,\u201d Duterte said in a speech before members of the Philippine Military Academy Alumni Association.<\/p>\n

Duterte also said that at least six Cabinet members are seeking local and national posts in next year\u2019s midterm elections.<\/p>\n

These are Foreign Affairs Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano, Special Assistant to the President Christopher \u201cBong\u201d Go, Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque, Political Adviser Francis Tolentino, Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones, and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Director General Guiling Mamondiong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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