Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROHIBITING ALL RETIRED AND ACTIVE MILITARY AND POLICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING OFFICERS, FROM BEING APPOINTED IN A CONCURRENT OR ANY OTHER CAPACITY TO THE POSITIONS OF SECRETARY, UNDERSECRETARY, HEAD OR MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODIES OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND AGENCIES AND OTHER EQUIVALENT POSITIONS
Date filed
September 19, 2007
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB02603 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROHIBITING ALL RETIRED AND ACTIVE MILITARY AND POLICE PERSONNEL, INCLUDING OFFICERS, FROM BEING APPOINTED IN A CONCURRENT OR ANY OTHER CAPACITY TO THE POSITIONS OF SECRETARY, UNDERSECRETARY, HEAD OR MEMBER OF GOVERNING BODIES OF GOVERNMENT-OWNED OR CONTROLLED CORPORATIONS AND AGENCIES AND OTHER EQUIVALENT POSITIONS | |
| ABSTRACT : To uphold civilian supremacy as mandated in the Constitution, the bill seeks to disqualify all military and police personnel, including officers, from appointment to the positions of secretary, undersecretary and heads or members of government-owned or controlled corporations. The prohibition shall apply even after the military or police officer has been separated from service including retirement. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : MAZA, LIZA L. | |
| DATE FILED : 2007-09-19 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS : | |
| 1. Ilagan | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Mangudadatu (045 ) | 2. Mariano (010 ) |
| 3. Colmenares (002 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Change of committee referral requested on 2007-11-20 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION ON 2007-12-05 | |
| PREVIOUS COMMITTEE REFERRALS :PRIMARILY REFERRED TO GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY on 2007-09-26; |
Abstract
To uphold civilian supremacy as mandated in the Constitution, the bill seeks to disqualify all military and police personnel, including officers, from appointment to the positions of secretary, undersecretary and heads or members of government-owned or controlled corporations. The prohibition shall apply even after the military or police officer has been separated from service including retirement.
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