Is it true that Presidential Adviser for Western Visayas Rafael Coscolluela will soon be named the new Sugar Regulatory Administrator?

Talk yesterday among people in the industry was that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo is set to appoint him to the position because James Ledesma who has headed the Sugar Regulatory Administration since 2001 has been wanting to retire.

Asked about this, Ledesma would only say "I'm still here."

Coscolluela, on the other hand, said "Yes my name is being floated but let us not preempt the president. She will make the announcement at the proper time."

Asked if he would accept the position if offered to him, the former governor of Negros Occidental said "If the president feels confident with me, then I'll take it as a challenge to try to do what I can."*CPG

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