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Involves the leadership controversy at the Delegates, because a delegate gets to IBP and the administrative case that was elect the Governor for the Region (which filed against some of the high ranking must rotate among the Chapters in the officers of IBP region). 2009, Supreme court En Banc created a o The Governor of the Region Special Investigating Committee to look into becomes a member of the Board of the brewing controversies in the IBP Governors, and gets to elect, or election specifically the VP elections for be elected, as the next IBP Greater Manila Region, Western Mindanao, Executive Vice President who and Western VIsayas and the EVP elections automatically becomes President of IBP itself the committee called IBP for the next succeeding term (which officers involved to a preliminary conference must also rotate among the Regions). Investigation will focus on : with respect to the IBP Board of The correct interpretation of Sec 31 Art 5 of Governors this consists of nine (9) the IBP By-Laws which provides SEC. 31. Governors from the nine (9) Regions. Membership.The membership (of One (1) Governor for each Region shall be Delegates) shall consist of all the Chapter elected by the members of the House of Presidents and, in the case of Chapters Delegates from that region only. The entitled to more than one Delegate each, Governors, the President and the Executive the VicePresidents of the Chapters and VicePresident shall hold office for a term of such additional Delegates as the Chapters two (2) years from July 1 immediately are entitled to. Unless the VicePresident is following already a Delegate, he shall be an alternate Delegate. Additional Delegates and The IBP ByLaws provide that alternates shall in proper cases be elected starting in 19931995, the by the Board of Officers of the Chapter. Members of the Board of Governors who principle on rotation shall be are not Delegates shall be members ex strictly implemented so that all officio of the House, without the right to vote. prior elections for Governor in Who is the validly elected Governor of the region shall be reckoned o Greater Manila Region o Western Visayas Regio with or considered in o Western Mindanao Region determining who should be o IBP Executive Vice President for next term Governor to be selected from Liability, of respondent Atty. Vinluan under the the different chapters to administrative complaint for grave professional represent the region in the misconduct filed by Attys. Magsino, Maramba, Marohomsalic Board of Governors. Hence, the governorship of the region shall Report and recommendation of Special Committee 9 officers and 5 directors rotate among the chapters in the region Pursuant to the principle of chapters, each chapter is rotation, the governorship of a entitled to represent the region shall rotate once in as governorship of the region once many terms as the number of every ten (10) terms. The first chapters there are in the chapter to occupy the region, to give every chapter a governorship, must wait for the chance to represent the region nine (9) other chapters to serve in the Board of Governors. their respective terms, before it Thus, in a region composed of 5 may have its turn again as chapters, each chapter is Governor of the region. entitled to the governorship The same rule applies to the once in every 5 terms, or once Western Mindanao Region every ten (10) years, since a which is composed of twelve term is two (2) years. (12) chapter In the Western Visayas Region which is composed of ten (10)
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