Radio broadcaster and columnist Ramon 'Mon' Tulfo wants his brother Erwin Tulfo to resign as the Secretary of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) after the latter&rsquo;s ad interim appointment confirmation has been bypassed twice.&nbsp;
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Mon claimed that the members of the Commission on Appointment (CA) are merely serving their own &ldquo;selfish interest&rdquo; which is why Erwin&rsquo;s confirmation had been rejected two times in a row.&nbsp;
He recalled that this also happened during the Duterte administration when long-time environmental advocate Gina Lopez was rejected as the Environment Secretary and was replaced with a non-environmentalist official.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Nasira tuloy ang ating kalikasan. Pero walang pakialam ang mga miyembro ng CA dahil ang pinoprotektahan nila ay kanilang sariling kapakanan at hindi ang bayan,&rdquo; he said.
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Earlier, Senate President and CA chairman Juan Miguel &lsquo;Migz&rsquo; Zubiri said the panel will bypass Tulfo's appointment as DSWD secretary due to the question on his <a href="https://dzrh.com.ph/post/ca-defers-erwin-tulfo's-dswd-chief-appointment">citizenship and his four counts of libel conviction.</a>
Zubiri said if President Ferdinand &lsquo;Bongbong&rsquo; Marcos Jr. wanted Erwin to remain in his cabinet, he should re-appoint him.
But Mon said Marcos is &ldquo;weak&rdquo; for not finding ways to reinstate his brother.
&ldquo;Tama si Digong [former president Rodrigo Duterte] sa kanyang sinabi noon na si Bongbong ay isang &ldquo;weakling.&rdquo; Do you want to continue working for a weakling president?&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;
Furthermore, Mon claimed that some CA members just wanted to get back to their brother Senator Raffy Tulfo who has been exposing corrupt officials in the Senate recently.
&ldquo;Ikaw, Erwin, ang pinaparusahan ng mga ugok dahil kay Raffy,&rdquo; he said.&nbsp;
"Huwag mong sayangin ang oras sa pagsasagot sa mga stupid accusations about the US citizenship that you have already renounced at saka yung libel conviction," Mon added.&nbsp;
Erwin earlier said <a href="https://www.dzrh.com.ph/post/tulfo-expects-to-remain-in-dswd-even-after-ca-bypass" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he is expecting </a>President Marcos will reappoint him again.

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Mon Tulfo wants brother Erwin to resign as DSWD chief