GMA’s political ambassadors trickling back home
By Michaela P. del Callar 06/19/2010 The good times of President Arroyo’s politically appointed Philippine ambassadorships have come to an end, with at least nine of 24 political diplomats she had appointed during her term expected to return to Manila today. Politically appointed ambas-sadors are deemed co-terminus with the end of the term of the outgoing president, not being career diplomats, but even career ambassadors and appointed consuls can be ordered by a newly installed president to return to base, and be given new appointments, either in home base, or another country. Among those to arrive from the their various posts abroad are: Alejandro del Rosario (Poland), former Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff, Gen. Alexander Yano (Brunei), former military vice chief of staff Cardozo Luna (Netherlands), and former Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs Jose Brillantes (Canada). Also set to return are: former Sen.Orlando Mercado (Philippine Permanent Representative to the Association of South East Asian Nations), former Philippine National Police chief Vidal Querol (Indonesia), businessman Francisco Benedicto (China), former Presidential Chief of Staff Rigoberto Tiglao (Greece), and Manuel Teehankee (World Trade Organization, Geneva). Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100619hed6.html |
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