MANILA - The Commission on Appointments (CA) on Wednesday confirmed two former local chief executives to lead the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Both DOJ Secretary Jesus Crispin "Boying" Remulla and DILG Secretary Benjamin "Benhur" Abalos Jr. easily earned the nod of the CA members as nobody expressed opposition to their appointments. Five days after his overwhelming victory in the May 9 presidential election, President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. announced the appointment of Abalos to head the DILG, and 10 days later, he named Remulla as DOJ chief. Remulla was the former governor of Cavite and served as representative of 7th district of the province twice from 2019 to 2022 and 2010 to 2013. He was also the undersecretary of the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) during the Estrada administration and was the Chief of Staff of former Senator Loi Ejercito Estrada. Abalos, on the other hand, served as Mandaluyong City mayor for 15 terms, Mandaluyong congressman, chairman of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA), and former president of the League of Cities of the Philippines. The powerful commission, meanwhile, decided to skip the appointment of Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma to give him enough time to produce documents sought by CA members. Laguesma was also DOLE secretary from 1998 to 2001, former commissioner of the Social Security System, Presidential Assistant to then President Fidel V. Ramos and former arbiter of the Ministry of Labor and Employment during the time of former President Ferdinand E. Marcos Sr. (PNA) }