Ex-senator Angara named special envoy to EU

President Rodrigo Duterte has appointed former Senator Edgardo Angara as his special envoy to the European Union (EU).

His appointment papers were signed on May 3. His designation will expire in September 2017.

Duterte has an icy relationship with the EU. He had cursed at the political and economic union many times after the European Parliament criticized his war on drugs and his push for the reinstatement of death penalty. 

Angara was part of a list of appointees from April 7 to May 12, released to reporters on Wednesday. —NB, GMA News