privileges, inhibition, disqualification

• legislative privileges: salaries

  • SEC. 10, ART. 6 = determined by the law; no increase in said compensation shall take effect until after the expiration of the full term of all the members of the senate and the HoR approving such increase
• legislative privileges: freedom from arrest/speech and debate clause

  • SEC. 11, ART. 6 = no member shall be questioned nor representatives shall, in all offenses, be held liable in any other place for any punishable by not more than 6 years; speech and debate in the congress or in imprisonment, be privileged from arrest any committee thereof
• legislative: inhibition and disqualifications

  • SEC. 13, ART. 6 = (1) may not hold any other office
• legislative: inhibition and disqualifications

  • SEC. 13, ART. 6 = (2) may not be appointed to any employment in the government during office created or whose emoluments their term without forfeiting their seats
• legislative: inhibition and disqualifications

  • SEC. 14, ART. 6 = (3) cannot personally appears as a counsel before any court, electoral tribunal, quasi-judicial, and administrative bodies during their term
• legislative: inhibition and disqualifications

  • SEC. 14, ART. 6 = (4) shall not be financially directly or (5) shall not intervene in any matter before indirectly, in any contract with, or any office of the government when it is for franchise or special privilege granted by the pecuniary benefit or where they may be government during their term of the office
• legislative: duty to disclose (financial and business interests; potential conflicts of interest)

  • SEC. 12, ART. 6 = (a) upon assumption of office, make full disclosure of their financial and business interests.
• legislative: duty to disclose (financial and business interests; potential conflicts of interest)

  • SEC. 12, ART. 6 = (b) upon assumption of office, notify the house concerned of a potential conflict of interest that may arise from the filing of a proposed legislation of which they are authors
• legislative: duty to disclose (Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth)

  • SEC. 17, ART. 11 = submit a declaration under oath of their assets, liabilities, and net worth
• legislative: duty to disclose (Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth)

  • SEC. 17, ART. 11 = president, vice president, members of the cabinet, congress, supreme court, constitutional commissions and other constitutional offices, officers of the armed forces with general or flag rank shall make disclosure to the public
• legislative: duty to disclose (amount paid to/express incurred by each member)

  • SEC. 20, ART. 6 = the records and books of accounts of the congress shall be preserved and be open to the public in accordance with law; and such books shall be audited by the Commission of Audit which shall publish annually an itemized list of amounts paid to and expenses incurred for each member
• discipline of members

  • SEC 16, ART. 6 = each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly behavior, and with concurrence of 2/3 of all its Members, suspend or expel the Member
• discipline of members

  • SEC 16, ART. 6 = the penalty of suspension shall not exceed 60 days