Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, September 2) – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed Iglesia ni Cristo executive minister Eduardo Manalo as a special representative for overseas Filipino concerns, Malacañang announced on Saturday.
He also named businessman Norman Vincent Wee as his special envoy to the United Arab Emirates for Trade and Investments.
Manalo previously served in the same position under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte from 2018 to 2019.
Ito yung isa sa mga commonality ni BBM sa previous admin na ayaw ko. Appointing questionable hacks purely out of utang na loob. Still can’t get used to seeing press cons and it’s fucking Daphne Osena smack dab in the middle. Or Arnell Ignacio handling the plight of OFWs, among many other appointments.