2016 and 2018 Philippine Olympic Committee elections information
2016 and 2018 Philippine Olympic Committee elections
Date
November 25, 2016 (2016-11-25) and February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)
Venue
Wack Wack Golf and Country Club
Location
Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
Type
Elections
Cause
Expiry of then-President Jose Cojuangco's third term (2016 elections) Pasig Regional Trial Court decision partially declaring the results of the 2016 elections null and void (2018 elections)
Organised by
Commission on Elections of the Philippine Olympic Committee led by Francisco Elizalde
Outcome
Then-President Jose Cojuangco's secures a fourth term. (2016 elections) Ricky Vargas elected President; Abraham Tolentino elected chairman (2018 elections)
In November 2016, the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) held an election which saw Jose "Peping" Cojuangco win a fourth term as president after Victorico "Ricky" Vargas was disqualified for not being an "active member" of the committee. Tolentino, a candidate for the chairman position was also disqualified on the same grounds.
The camp of Vargas said that being an active member does not equate to physical attendance which the POC led by then incumbent President Cojuangco insists. This led to Vargas to seek a temporary restraining order to stop the 2016 elections and rule on the POC's commission on election's authority to define the eligibility criteria of being an active member.
The court denied postponing the 2016 elections but it ruled in December 2017 that the commission on elections of the POC cannot qualify or restrict the criteria of being an active member, ruled that the results of the 2016 elections for the post of President and Chairman null and void, and ordered the POC to hold elections on February 23, 2018 with Vargas and Tolentino as candidates.
Cojuangco's camp has raised concerns on infringement on the POC's autonomy by the government and possible suspension of the POC by the International Olympic Committee leading to the 2018 elections. An extraordinary general assembly was held on February 19, 2018 to decide whether the elections should take place and discuss the active member eligibility. They affirmed the definition of the eligibility criteria that led to Vargas and Tolentino's disqualification in 2016 but the two were allowed to participate in the 2018 elections.
Vargas and Tolentino were then elected as president as Chairman respectively.
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