Luzviminda Gaba Tancangco is the first non-lawyer woman commissioner of the
Philippine
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* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
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Commission on Elections
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. She was also its first female acting
chairman
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(1998–1999).
Service
She served from 1998 to 2004,
and is one of the six women to have been appointed to the Commission as of 2014.
Controversies
GMANews.TV reported that in August 2002, "
NAMFREL and other civil society organizations" filed an "
impeachment
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In ...
complaint" against "COMELEC Commissioner Luzviminda Tancangco", and that the complaint was "endorsed by Rep.
Monico Puentevella
Monico Ogtong Puentevella (born 2 July 1946 in Bacolod, Negros Occidental) is a Filipino politician. Formerly a member of Lakas-Kampi-CMD, he was elected to three terms as a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representi ...
".
The
Congress of the Philippines
The Congress of the Philippines ( fil, Kongreso ng Pilipinas, italic=unset) is the legislature of the national government of the Philippines. It is bicameral, composed of a lower body, the House of Representatives, although colloquially the ...
dismissed the complaint on February 3, 2003 and found it "not sufficient in substance".
Ms. Tancangco continued to serve on the COMELEC until February 2, 2004.
References
External links
Palace urged to appoint women to 2 vacant Comelec postsCOMELEC home pageHome page of the House of Representatives of the Philippines
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Filipino civil servants
Filipino women in politics
Commissioners of constitutional commissions of the Philippines
Estrada administration personnel
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