Former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Secretary Erwin Tulfo on Tuesday took his oath as ACT-CIS party-list consultant.
“The oath of office is a formality, one of the requirements we need,” House Secretary General Reginald Velasco advised reporters.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) Second Division earlier junked a disqualification case towards Tulfo for lack of jurisdiction because it was filed lengthy after ACT-CIS was proclaimed one of many winners within the party-list race.
Velasco, nevertheless, stated Tulfo will assume his House seat solely after the chamber formally receives correspondence from the Comelec that he’s certainly the nominee of the ACT-CIS party-list.
He added the ACT-CIS party-list has additionally despatched official correspondence to the House that Tulfo is certainly its nominee to exchange resigned ACT-CIS lawmaker Jeffrey Soriano.
“We are just awaiting the formal communication from the Comelec so he can actually take his office,” Velasco stated.
Tulfo’s appointment as DSWD Secretary was bypassed by the Commission on Appointments composed of lawmakers from the House and the Senate.
The CA bypassing his appointment got here after it was revealed that Tulfo continues to be an American citizen.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
