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