{"id":233416,"date":"2019-10-04T21:52:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T01:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=233416"},"modified":"2019-10-04T21:52:57","modified_gmt":"2019-10-05T01:52:57","slug":"appointment-ban-should-also-cover-losing-party-list-bets-guanzon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/10\/04\/appointment-ban-should-also-cover-losing-party-list-bets-guanzon\/","title":{"rendered":"Appointment ban should also cover losing party-list bets: Guanzon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she is looking to ask members of Congress, particularly senators to amend the law on the matter. (File Photo By Elmer B. Domingo – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 An official of the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said nominees of losing party-list groups should also be covered by the one-year ban on appointment in public office.<\/p>\n

Comelec Commissioner Rowena Guanzon said she is looking to ask members of Congress, particularly senators to amend the law on the matter.<\/p>\n

“I am appearing in the Committee of Sen. Imee (Marcos). I will propose ban should cover Party-List nominees,” she said in her Twitter account, @commrguanzon on Thursday.<\/p>\n

She noted that losing party-list nominees should not be treated differently from other candidates who did not win in the last elections.<\/p>\n

“They should not be a favored class because they are not a protected class,” Guanzon added.<\/p>\n

The poll body official was referring to the scheduled hearing of the Senate Committee on Electoral Reforms and People’s Participation on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Guanzon\u2019s statement came after Mocha Uson was appointed as deputy administrator of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA).<\/p>\n

The new OWWA official was a nominee of AA Kasosyo Party-List group which failed to secure a seat in the House of Representatives in the May 2019 elections.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Comelec said that Uson is not covered by the one-year appointment ban.<\/p>\n

Based on Comelec Minute Resolution No. 19-0677, the Commission en banc disputed the opinion of its Law Department that the one-year prohibition from being appointed in government applies to nominees of losing party-list groups.<\/p>\n

“After due deliberation, the Commission resolves that the one-year prohibition from being appointed to a government position is not applicable to nominees of losing party-list groups as the nominees are not the candidates but rather the party-list itself,” said the ruling dated June 19, 2019.<\/p>\n

Uson also served as former Assistant Secretary of the Presidential Communications Operations Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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