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CA panel resets hearing on COA, CSC, Comelec and AFP posts due to ongoing canvassing
The Commission on Appointments (CA) has postponed hearings for nominees to the Commission on Audit (COA), Civil Service Commission (CSC), Commission on Elections (Comelec), and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP).
The postponement was requested due to the ongoing canvassing of presidential and vice-presidential election votes by Congress.
Senator Cynthia Villar chairs the CA Committee on Constitutional Commissions and Offices, which was set to hear the nominees.
The request for deferral was conveyed through Representative Joel Mayo Z. Almario, CA Majority Leader, citing letters from Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senator Panfilo Lacson, and Representative Ronaldo B. Zamora.
Senator Zubiri's stated reason was his constitutionally-mandated duty to witness the canvassing by the National Board of Canvassers (NBOC).
The hearing for COA interim chairperson Rizalina Justol had already begun when the postponement was requested after her opening remarks.
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