A Palace official clarified on Saturday that the appointment of CNN hero Efren Peñaflorida as the next commissioner to be assigned at the Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) is not yet final as he has yet to respond to President Rodrigo Duterte’s offer. Both parties also need to personally discuss and thresh out expectations to the job and/or position,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a statement. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Duterte to appoint ‘kariton hero’ Efren Peñaflorida to urban poor commissionIn a speech in Davao City on Friday, Duterte announced he would appoint Peñaflorida to the PCUP to replace sacked chair Terry Ridon. Duterte last week fired Ridon for his supposed junkets abroad and for not holding meetings as a collegial body. All other PCUP commissioners were also sacked.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 16, 2017 08:37 UTC