THE Federal government Support Insurance Method (GSIS) has not too long ago produced a authorized conclusion that just one of its board members, former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, is not competent to be a Trustee for not remaining a member of the authorities insurer at the time of her appointment in April very last 12 months.
In a letter to Government Secretary and previous Supreme Court Chief Justice Lucas Bersamin dated April 11, 2024, GSIS President and Normal Manager Jose Arnulfo Veloso submitted what he explained as the findings of the GSIS “in relation to a whistleblowing complaint” in opposition to Gutierrez.
Veloso stated the criticism was in the type of an anonymous e mail professing that Gutierrez “failed to have the required qualifications demanded by the GSIS Charter (RA No. 8291) when she was appointed to the GSIS Board.”
“I respectfully submit to you the conclusions of the Government Company Insurance coverage Technique (the ‘GSIS’) ni relation to a whistleblowing criticism, which claimed that Trustee Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez failed to posses the mandatory skills needed by the GSIS Charter (RA. . No. 8291) when she was appointed to the GSIS Board,” Veloso mentioned.
Veloso provided a timeline from the time the GSIS gained the nameless email up to the summary of the state pension office’s review of the make any difference.
The timeline go through as follows:
1. March 28, 2024 – GSIS received an nameless e-mail requesting for a validation of the qualifications of Trustee Ma. Merceditas Gutierrez when she was appointed to the GSIS Board. Furnished in the e-mail have been, inter alia, the GCG, CSC, GSIS BoT Chairman, GSI Whistleblowing Hotline, and the DOF Secretary.
2. April 1, 2024 – I requested the GSIS’ Core Organization Sector (the ‘CBS’) for copies of the Trustee’s applicable GSIS information, which ended up thereafter submitted to me.
3. April 2, 2024 – I requested the GSIS’ Lawful Expert services Team (the ‘LSG’) to put together a analyze/briefer opining irrespective of whether the Trustee possessed the expected qualifications at the time of her appointment. The LSG was furnished with copies of suitable data.
4. April 8, 2024 – My office environment been given the requested authorized research/briefer, accompanied by supporting files and an government summary.
Gutierrez is a member of the GSIS Board representing the lawful job.