Duterte appoints ex-House Speaker Belmonte as special envoy to Japan

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/10/16/20190603-quezons-game-sonny-belmonte-gcs-7712.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Former House Speaker Feliciano Sonny Belmonte duirng the special screening of Star Cinema&#x27;s Quezon&#x27;s Game on June 3, 2019.<em> Gigie Cruz, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former House Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. as a special envoy to Japan.</p><p>Belmonte, a former Liberal Party stalwart, was assigned Tuesday as special envoy to Japan for trade and market access, a document from Malacañang released Wednesday showed.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">LOOK: List of President Duterte’s new appointees <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/9D3DP7RDxv">pic.twitter.com/9D3DP7RDxv</a></p>— Arianne Merez (@arianne_merez) <a href="https://twitter.com/arianne_merez/status/1184363031838355457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Belmonte served as Speaker of the House of Representatives under former presidents Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III.</p><p>Before his retirement from politics last year, Belmonte was representative of the 4th District of Quezon City.</p>

<p>President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former House Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. as a special envoy to Japan.</p>

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former House Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte Jr. as a special envoy to Japan.

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Duterte appoints ex-House Speaker Belmonte as special envoy to Japan

Duterte appoints ex-House Speaker Belmonte as special envoy to Japan

Arianne Merez,

ABS-CBN News

Published Oct 16, 2019 03:59 PM PHT

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