AN ACT AMENDING ARTICLE 244 OF ACT NO. 3815, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE PENAL CODE

AN ACT PROHIBITING THE APPOINTMENT OF ELECTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM RESIGNATION

AN ACT REMOVING THE BAN ON THE APPOINTMENT OF A RETIRED OR RESIGNED MILITARY OFFICER OR POLICE OFFICIAL AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DILG) WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR FROM SUCH RETIREMENT OR RESIGNATION, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE SECTION 8 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6975, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE DILG ACT OF 1990

AN ACT PROHIBITING CITY MAYORS, MUNICIPAL MAYORS AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNORS FROM MAKING APPOINTMENTS TWO (2) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE NEXT LOCAL ELECTIONS AND PENDING ASSUMPTION TO OFFICE OF THEIR SUCCESSORS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY IN AID OF LEGISLATION ON THE RECENT MEMORANDA ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL ELECTRIFICATION ADMINISTRATION (NEA) ON THE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MANAGERS OF ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING THE INTERESTS OF ELECTRIC CONSUMERS

RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE USE OF PRESIDENTIAL EMBLEM BY A FOREIGN NATIONAL WHO REPRESENTS HIMSELF AS PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISER, AND INTO THE APPOINTMENT OF FOREIGN NATIONALS TO PUBLIC OFFICE, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF PROTECTING NATIONAL SECURITY, GUARANTEEING THAT STATE SECRETS ARE PROTECTED, UPHOLDING OUR NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND OUR RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, AND ENSURING THE INTEGRITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE URGING THE PRESIDENT TO EXERCISE PRUDENCE IN THE DISCHARGE OF ITS APPOINTING POWERS AND APPOINT ONLY INDIVIDUALS OF PROVEN COMPETENCE, UNSULLIED INTEGRITY AND UNQUESTIONABLE HONESTY TO THE VARIOUS POSITIONS IN THE EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIAL BRANCHES AND CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICES

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES SHOULD NOT MAKE MIDNIGHT APPOINTMENTS IN THE JUDICIARY, SUCH AS APPOINTING THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, AS MANDATED BY THE 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION