04/02/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly the date and time as to when it was actually received were unusually left blank. Q: What is your basis? A: The transmittal letter and appointment paper turned over to the MRO. xxxx Q: In the case of Francisca Bestoyong-Resquita who was appointed as Commissioner of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, representing Region 1 and the Cordilleras, was her appointment paper released thru the MRO? A: No. Her appointment paper dated March 5, 2010, with its corresponding transmittal letter, was merely turned over to the MRO on May 13, 2010. The transmittal letter that was turned over to the MRO was already stamped “released” by the Office of the Executive Secretary and received on March 15, 2010. Q: What is your basis? A: The transmittal letter and appointment paper turned over to the MRO. xxxx Q: In the case of Irma A. Villanueva who was appointed as Administrator for Visayas of the Cooperative Development Authority, was her appointment paper released thru the MRO? A: No. Her appointment paper dated March 3, 2010, with its corresponding transmittal letter, was merely turned over to the MRO on May 4, 2010. The transmittal letter that was turned over to the MRO was already stamped “released” by the Office of the Executive Secretary, but the date and time as to when it was actually received were unusually left blank. Q: What is your basis? A: The transmittal letter and appointment paper turned over to the MRO. [55] The possession of the original appointment paper is not indispensable to authorize an appointee to assume office. If it were indispensable, then a loss of the original appointment paper, which could be brought about by negligence, accident, fraud, fire or theft, corresponds to a loss of the office.[56] However, in case of loss of the original appointment paper, the appointment must be evidenced by a certified true copy issued by the proper office, in this case the MRO. Vacant Position An appointment can be made only to a vacant office. An appointment cannot be elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/60717 24/75