The CHR confirmed on Sunday that Faydah Dumarpa, a former official of the DBM-PS, has been named the third commissioner of the state rights watchdog. | krixiasINQ /PDI
Despite lacking two more appointees, the CHR may now carry out its mandate more effectively with a third member in. Several acts under its rules of procedure—including the approval of staff movements and pending case appeals—need a quorum vote of three members.Dumarpa has an extensive career in legal, administrative and financial services in government.
“Similarly, we welcome the gender balance that Commissioner Dumarpa brings to CEB VI . Her overall multidisciplinary perspective comes as a great benefit to the ever-flourishing landscape of human rights,” the commission also said.
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