MANILA – Malacañang on Friday released a new batch of presidential appointees including Commission on Elections (Comelec) chairperson Sheriff Manimbayan Abas and 39 Department of Education (DepEd) assistant school division superintendents.
President Rodrigo Duterte reappointed Abas as Comelec chairman in January this year but his appointment paper was signed by the President only on May 23.
Abas got his confirmation from the Commission on Appointment (CA) also on the same day Duterte signed his appointment.
Abas will serve as Comelec chief until Feb. 2, 2022.
A nephew of Moro Islamic Liberation Front chief (MILF) negotiator Mohagher Iqbal, Abas was an assistant regional director of the Civil Service Commission in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao before former president Benigno Aquino III appointed him as poll commissioner in 2015.
In November 2017, Duterte appointed Abas to replace resigned Comelec chairman Andres Bautista.
However, the CA bypassed the nomination of Abas along with Agrarian Reform Secretary John Raulo Castriciones as Congress went on a Christmas break.
Meanwhile, the 39 new DepEd assistant school division superintendents include: Johanna Natividad Gervacio, Judella Ruiz Lumpas, Cecile Canaveral Ferro, Majarani Macaraeg Jacinto, Dante Galang Parungao, Dante Jamison Marcelo, Elen Sancedoncillo de Luna, Mario Sarmiento Carino, Benjamin Dayao Samson, Ma. Luisa Tumala dela Rosa, Lorenzo Odiaz Macasocol, Ericson Sabla Sabacan, Irene Sumedca Angway, Melton Porte Zurbano, Melchizedek Conda Tongco, Denizon Pascua Domingo, Jasmin Patadon Isla, Ma. Teresa Marzo Real and Jeanie Llano Mativo.
Completing the list are Reynante Zipagan Caliguiran, Joel Torno Torrecampo, Michell Loro Acoyong, Doris de Joseph Estalilla, Bernie Casim Despabiladero, Edgardo Villafuerte Abanil, Maria-Magnolia Fajardo Brioso, Maria Flora Tychingco Pandes, Moises Domaya Labian Jr., Rachel Ramierz Llana, Azucena Tuando Falales, Jesnar Dems Sario Torres, Michaelangelo Recla Sauro, Lourdes Dioquino Servito, Ireln Paras Tamayo, Eduardo Constantino Escorpiso Jr., Alfredo Binag Gumaru Jr., Carolinoa Sugpatan Violeta, Benilda Marcelo Daytaca and Lorenzo Espirito Mendoza.
The Palace also released the appointment of Catherine Po Pedrosa and Abelardo Domondon as member of Legal Education Board; Dalisay Nicolas Macadawan as commissioner of National Commission on Muslim Filipinos; and, Jaime Llaneta Miralles as member of Land Bank of the Philippines’ Board of Directors. (Jelly Musico/PNA)
