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WHEREAS, Section 6, Common Provisions, Article IX of the 1987 Constitution, The Commission on Audit (COA) en banc “may promulgate its own rules concerning pleadings and practice before it or before any of its offices;”

WHEREAS, the Commission Proper has observed the need to take additional measures to further improve and speed up the process of adjudication of cases brought before it for decision or resolution in the exercise of its quasijudicial functions;

WHEREAS, in order to facilitate the administrative process of issuing decisions or resolutions of the Commission Proper that consist of denial of motions for reconsideration for failing to raise new matters or sufficient grounds to justify reconsideration, it is necessary to amend the pertinent provisions of The 2009 Revised Rules of Procedures of the Commission on Audit (RRPC) in order to allow the issuance of Minute Resolutions in said cases;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to modify Section 12, Rule X of the RRPC to read as follows:

“Section 12. Effect of Motion for Reconsideration and How It is Disposed Of. – A motion to reconsider a decision, complying with the immediately preceding section, suspends the running of the period to elevate the matter to the Supreme Court. Within two (2) days from its filing, the Commission Secretary shall refer the motion to the concerned office of the Legal Services Sector for study and recommendation. The latter shall, within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof, submit for consideration of the Commission Proper either a draft decision if the recommendation is to reconsider and modify the decision or resolution upon meritorious grounds as provided in Section 10 above, or a recommendation to deny the motion for reconsideration for having been filed out of time, or for failure to raise a new matter or show sufficient ground to justify a reconsideration of the assailed decision or resolution.

In case the Commission Proper denies a Motion for Reconsideration for having been filed out of time, or for failure to raise any new matter or other sufficient ground to justify a reconsideration thereof, the Secretary of the Commission shall issue a Notice to the parties, within five (5) days from the time the relevant Minutes of Meeting of the Commission Proper are signed, informing them of the Resolution of the Commission Proper. The Notice shall be in the form herewith attached as Annex ‘A’.”

BE IT RESOLVED, FURTHER, that this Resolution shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following publication in two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

(SGD) MARIA GRACIA M. PULIDO TAN Chairperson
(SGD) HEIDI L. MENDOZA Commissioner	(SGD) ROWENA V. GUANZON Commissioner