Commission on Appointments

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The Commission on Appointments is a constitutional body of the Philippines’ Congress that reviews and confirms certain key presidential appointments to high government offices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Commission on Appointments canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional body ⓘ
legislative body ⓘ
appointmentProcess conducts public hearings on nominations ⓘ
votes in plenary session on nominations ⓘ
branchOfGovernment legislative branch of the Philippines ⓘ
canOverride presidential appointment by disapproval ⓘ
chairperson President of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
composition members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines ⓘ
members of the Senate of the Philippines ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article VI of the 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
decisionRule majority vote of all its members ⓘ
establishedBy 1935 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
excludesFromReview appointments of lower-ranked military officers ⓘ
appointments of some positions made by the judiciary ⓘ
function check and balance on the appointing power of the President of the Philippines ⓘ
hasPower approve presidential appointments ⓘ
bypass appointments by inaction ⓘ
disapprove presidential appointments ⓘ
headedBy Senate President of the Philippines ⓘ
jurisdiction appointments to high government offices in the Philippines ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
location Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines ⓘ
meetingPlace Philippine Senate building ⓘ
nature independent of the President ⓘ
partOf Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
reconstitutedBy 1987 Constitution of the Philippines ⓘ
role confirms certain presidential appointments ⓘ
rejects certain presidential appointments ⓘ
reviews certain presidential appointments ⓘ
typeOfAppointmentReviewed ambassadors ⓘ
heads of executive departments ⓘ
officers of the armed forces from the rank of colonel or naval captain ⓘ
other officers whose appointments are vested in the President by the Constitution ⓘ
other public ministers and consuls ⓘ
website https://www.coa.gov.ph/ (uncertain) ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Commission on Audit → appointmentWithConsentOf → Commission on Appointments ⓘ
subject linked to: COA