THE powerful Commission on Appointments (CA) has rejected the ad interim appointment of Rafael Mariano as head of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).

Mariano was the fourth appointee of President Rodrigo Duterte who failed to get the approval of the bicameral panel composed of 12 senators and 12 representatives on Wednesday. The first two were former foreign affairs secretary Perfecto Yasay, environment secretary Regina Lopez, and social welfare secretary Judy Taguiwalo.

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