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Thursday January 30, 2025

𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐑 (𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 26-𝐵 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝐷 269, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑡, 𝑎 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒'𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒, 𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑒/𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐 𝐶𝑜𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 (𝐸𝐶). 𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝐶 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑅𝑒𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐 𝐴𝑐𝑡 𝑁𝑜. 10531 𝑜𝑟 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐸𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐴𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝐴𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 2013 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑠:)
𝐚. He or she is a Filipino citizen;
𝐛. He or she is a graduate of a four (4) year course;
𝐜. He or she should be between twenty-one (21) and seventy (70) years old on the date of election;
𝐝. He or she is of good moral character;
For purpose of this IRR, good moral character may be established with the submission of a certificate issued by any of the following:
I. Barangay where the candidate resides;
II. National Bureau of Investigation;
III. Philippine National Police; or
IV. Leader of the religious sect where the candidate is affiliated.
𝐞. He or she is a member of the EC in good standing.
For purposes of this IRR, a member of good standing shall mean that said member:
has no unsettled or outstanding obligations to the EC whether personal or through commercial or industrial connections of which he or she is the owner/co owner three (3) months prior to the time of filing of the certificate of candidacy: Provided, That for incumbent member of the EC Board who will seek re-election, unsettled or outstanding obligation shall be deemed to include power bills, cash advances, disallowances (including NEA audit findings) and materials and equipment issuances reckoned from the time of filing of candidacy. (Amended under DOE circular no. DC2014-09-0017 dated September 01, 2014)
𝐟. Has not been apprehended for electric pilferage;
A mere apprehension of electric pilferage by the EC, even without conviction for such offense by any court shall be a valid ground for disqualification.
𝐠. Has not been removed for cause as director or an employee from any EC;
𝐡. He or she is an actual resident and member-consumer in the district that he or she seeks to represent for at least two (2) years immediately preceding the election; and
𝐢. He or she has attended at least two (2) Annual General Membership Assemblies (AGMA) for the last five (5) years immediately preceding the election or appointment.
𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐑 (𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 26-𝐵 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝐷 269, 𝑎𝑠 𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑐𝑡, 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝐶 𝑖𝑓):
𝐚. Such person or his or her spouse holds any public office. For the purpose of disqualification, a person holding an elective position or an appointive position with a salary grade of sixteen (SG-16) or higher or its equivalent shall not be eligible to be elected as member of the Board of Directors or officers of an EC;
𝐛. Such person or his or her spouse has been a candidate in the last preceding local or national elections;
𝐜. Such person has been convicted by final judgment of a crime involving moral turpitude;
𝐝. Such person has been terminated from public office/government employment or private employment for just cause as defined in Article 282 of the Labor Code.
For this purpose, termination from public office shall mean removal;
𝐞. Such person is related within the fourth civil degree of consanguinity or affinity to any member of the EC Board of Directors, Department Manager, NEA-appointed Project Supervisor (PS) or Acting General Manager (AGM) and its equivalent or higher position; and
𝐟. Such person is employed by or has financial interest in a competing enterprise or a business selling electric energy or electrical hardware to the cooperative or doing business with the EC including, but not limited to, the use or rental of poles;
𝐠. Incumbent GM and employees of ECs are not allowed to run as member of the board of another Cooperative;
𝐡. The disqualification of one of the spouse shall mean the disqualification of the other.