THE powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) deferred the confirmation of Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano on Wednesday to allow all groups for or against his designation to present their respective positions.

Mariano is the only remaining left-leaning official in the Duterte Cabinet whose appointment has not been deliberated on at the Commission on Appointments (CA). The bicameral panel had rejected the appointment of Judy Taguiwalo as secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).

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