Luzviminda Tancangco
Luzviminda Tancangco | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Commission on Elections | |
Acting | |
| In office October 8, 1998 – January 10, 1999 | |
| Appointed by | Joseph Estrada |
| Preceded by | Bernardo P. Pardo |
| Succeeded by | Harriet Demetriou |
| Commissioner of the Commission on Elections | |
| In office August 5, 1998[1] – February 2, 2004[1] | |
| Appointed by | Joseph Estrada |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bustos, Bulacan |
| Nationality | Filipino |
| Affiliation | Tau Gamma Sigma |
Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the Philippine Commission on Elections. She was also its first female acting chairman (1998–1999).
Service[edit]
She served from 1998 to 2004,[1] and is one of the six women to have been appointed to the Commission as of 2014.
Controversies[edit]
GMANews.TV reported that in August 2002, "NAMFREL and other civil society organizations" filed an "impeachment complaint" against "COMELEC Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco", and that the complaint was "endorsed by Rep. Monico Puentevella".[2] The Congress of the Philippines dismissed the complaint on February 3, 2003 and found it "not sufficient in substance".[3] Ms. Tancangco continued to serve on the COMELEC until February 2, 2004.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "The Commission on Elections from 1940 to the present". Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Past impeachment complaints filed against top Comelec officials". 2007-09-27. Retrieved February 8, 2009.
- ^ "Plenary Action on the Preliminary Determination by the Committee on Justice of Insufficiency in Substance of an Impeachment Complaint: Tancangco Case" (PDF). December 2, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved February 1, 2009.
External links[edit]
- Palace urged to appoint women to 2 vacant Comelec posts[permanent dead link]
- COMELEC home page
- Home page of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
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