"Anything is possible."
This was what Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said when asked if former presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella could be appointed as an ambassador by President Rodrigo Duterte during an interview on state-owned radio dzRB on Saturday.
Tough-taliking Kabayan party-list Rep. Harry Roque replaced "calm" Abella as Duterte's mouthpiece.
Despite being replaced, Andanar said Abella remains as an undersecretary under the Presidential Communications and Operations Office (PCOO).
"Now, kung saan siya ilalagay ng ating Pangulo ay naka'y Pangulo 'yun. Ayaw ko naman pangunahan... If he will be transferred to a new department or he would be appointed to a new designation, that would be the President's prerogative," Andanar said.
"Pero what I'm trying to say is that what is important is we have Undersecretary Abella in the administration and we can still use or make the most out of his expertise," he added.
Andanar, meanwhile, clarified the function of newly-appointed PCCO Undersecretary for new media Lorraine Badoy.
"Under her would be pcoo.gov.ph website, the PCOO social media, which is Presidential Communications Facebook page. Andiyan rin po 'yung Twitter tsaka po 'yung... of course since social media is under new media... so under that would be social media and all forms of media na bago," he said.
"So 'yung pagpaplano, content distribution, trafficking of the content but all those of --- all of those media platforms will go to Lorraine. 'Yun ang magiging trabaho niya. 'Yun ang final na trabaho niya," he added.
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