The powerful 25-man Commission on Appointments (CA) confirmed yesterday the appointment of Sherif as chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar, chairwoman of the CA constitutional commissions and offices committee, recommended Abas’ confirmation during the plenary session of the CA presided over by Senate President Vicente C. Sotto III.
Villar asked her colleagues to confirm Abas’ appointment to safeguard the supreme voice of the Filipino people.
“It is essential that it (CA) ensures that the next chairman of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) must be a person not just for his excellence but more importantly of honor and untainted integrity,’’ she said.
Abas, a career government official and a former law professor, thus became the first Comelec chairman to come from Mindanao. (Mario Casayuran)
