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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House Bill No. 6456

Introduced by AKBAYAN Party-List Representative Tomasito S. Villarin

EXPLANATORY NOTE

On 5 May 2010, Republic Act No. 10084 was signed into law. It provided that
in case of death of a retired Chairman or Commissioners of the Constitutional
Commissions and the Ombudsman, the surviving legitimate spouse of said
deceased retiree shall receive the all the monthly retirement benefits that the
said retiree was receiving at the time of his/her demise.

The law was enacted pursuant to Article XVI, Section 8 of the 1987
Constitution which mandates that the “State shall, from time to time, review
to upgrade the pensions and other benefits due to retirees of both the
government and private sectors.”

The intent and purpose of RA No. 10084 will be more fully realized when it is
amended to include the Chair and Commissioners of the Commission on
Human Rights (CHR) inasmuch as the CHR is similarly situated to the other
constitutionally-created offices presently covered, namely the Commission on
Audit, Commission on Elections, Civil Service Commission and the
Ombudsman. The CHR is also a public office created under Article XIII,
Section 17 of the Constitution and performs an equally critical function in
society as that of the other offices also created by the Constitution.

Support for this bill which seeks to bestow the surviving legitimate spouses

of the Chairman and Commissioners of the CHR the survivorship benefits
provided under RA No. 10084 is earnestly sought.

TO! ITO S. VILLARIN



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

6456

Introduced by AKBAYAN Representative Tomasito 8. Villarin

AN ACT
AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10084 ENTITLED, “AN ACT GRANTING
SURVIVORSHIP BENEFITS TO THE LEGITIMATE SPOUSE OF A
DECEASED RETIRED MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ON AUDIT, CIVIL
SERVICE COMMISSION, COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS AND THE
OMBUDSMAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES”

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

Section 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No, 10084 is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“Section 1. In case of the death of a retired Chairman or
Commissioner of the Commission on Audit, the Commission on
Elections, the Civil Service Commission, [and] the Ombudsman,
AND THE COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, the surviving
spouse of said deceased retiree was receiving at the time of
his/her demise under the provisions of applicable retirement
laws then in force, The said surviving legitimate spouse shall
continue to receive such retirement benefits during his/her
lifetime or until he/she remarries; Provided, That if the surviving
legitimate spouse is receiving benefits under existing retirement
laws, he/she shall only be entitled to the difference between the
amount provided for in this Act and the benefits he/she is
receiving.”

Section 2. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,