FIVE ambassadors and two commissioners of the Commission on Audit (COA) and Civil Service Commission failed to get the nod of the Commission on Appointments (CA) Wednesday because their appointments were blocked by Senate minority leader Juan Ponce Enrile.

All seven nominees were able to get the endorsements from the respective CA committees but failed to get their confirmation at the plenary after Enrile invoked Section 20 of the CA rules suspending the consideration of the appointments.

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