KABAYAN Party-list has appointed its third nominee during the 2016 Elections to replace newly appointed Presidential Spokesman Harry Roque. In a statement by Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo on Tuesday, the party has chosen to follow its list given to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in 2016 and would appoint Ciriaco Calalang. Calalang’s designation came after Roque was appointed by President Rodrigo Duterte as his spokesman. “Roque’s appointment is certainly good both to him and to Kabayan Party-list – he will be able to pursue his public service career in a different capacity and Kabayan Party-list will be able to continue in delivering its core advocacies to its constituents,” Salo said. The flagship of the Duterte administration is the war on drugs, which has been criticized for allegedly causing extrajudicial killings.

Source: Manila Times October 31, 2017 01:41 UTC