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DATE 04Jmumv2016
,.ALTERNATE''
2. DEFINITIoN oF
No formal definition of " Alternate" appears in R.A. No. 10149. However,
Executive Order No. 24 (s.2011)1 defines an alternate as "an individual who is
officially designated by an Ex-Officio Board member to exercise the powers and
perform the functions of the latter in the event of his/her absence or incapacity
when allowed by law".z
The phrase "alternates who shall be the officials next in rank to them" has
been interpreted in certain quarters in a restrictive sense, in that if the Ex Officio
Director is the Secretary of an Executive Department, then he/she could only
appoint an Undersecretary as his/her alternate in the Governing Board of the
GOCC where he/she sits as an Ex Orficlo Member of the Board.
4.3. Such interpretation by the GCG has been officially concuned with by the
Department of Justice (DOJ) in their opinion dated 02 May 2012. (DOJ
Opinion No. 24, s. 2012), which in part ruled:
5.1. Section 14of R.A. No. 10149 provides thatwhen an Alternate has been
duly designated by an Ex Officio Board Member, then the acts of such
Alternate "shall be considered the acts of [the Principal Director]."
5.2. ln an earlier DOJ Opinion (DOJ Opinion No. 037, s.2011), the
Secretary of Justice had opined:
9. PRoHrBrfloN oN REPRESENTATTVES
For attendance purposes, anv oerson other than the dulv desiqnated
Alternate/s of the Ex Officio Board Member shall not be recoqnized as an official
reDresentative.
All other GCG orders, circulars, issuances, and decisions, as well as Board
resolutions, or parts of the foregoing, which are inconsistent with this Memorandum
Circular are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
lV. Errecnvrw
This Circular shall take effect immediately upon its publication in the
Commission's website at www.qcq.qov.ph.
RAINIER B. BUTALID
Commissioner