JPE: Ping, Kiko 'highly qualified' for Cabinet posts

MANILA, Philippines - Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile on Friday said Senators Panfilo 'Ping' Lacson and Francis 'Kiko' Pangilinan are both "highly qualified" to be in the Cabinet.

Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, Enrile said Lacson is qualified to sit at the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) or the Department of National Defense (DND).

However, Enrile said Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin is already there doing good job.

Pangilinan, on ther other hand, being a lawyer, "can move around," he said.

Lacson and Pangilinan are expected to be named to the Cabinet next year after their terms end in mid-June 2013.

Asked about his preferred replacement for deposed Chief Justice Renato Corona, Enrile said he prefers an insider from the Supreme Court, although an appointee may come from outside as a prerogative of the appointing authority, President Aquino.

De Lima said Enrile came to see her and requested for some things for prosecutors in his province, Cagayan.

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JPE: Ping, Kiko 'highly qualified' for Cabinet posts