Article IX
ACCOUNTABILITY OF PUBLIC OFFICERS
Section 1. Public office is a public trust. Public officers and employees must at all times be accountable to the people, serve them with utmost responsibility, integrity, loyalty and efficiency, act with patriotism and justice, and lead modest lives.
Sec. 2. The Cordillera Governor and the Cordillera Deputy Governor may be removed for and conviction of culpable violation of the Constitution and this Organic Act, treason, bribery, graft and corruption, other high crimes, or betrayal of public trust by a three-fourths (3/4) vote of all the Members of the Cordillera Assembly.
The Cordillera Assembly may initiate the removal of the Cordillera Governor or the Cordillera Deputy Governor under this section by a majority vote of all its Members.
The Cordillera Assembly shall promulgate the necessary rules to carry out effectively the purposes of this section.
Sec. 3. No proceedings for the removal of the Cordillera Governor and the Cordillera Deputy Governor shall be initiated more than once within a period of one (1) year.
Sec. 4. Without prejudice to the provisions of Section 2 hereof, the Cordillera Assembly shall provide for a system of recall of all regional and local elective officials: Provided, That no recall shall take place within one (1) year from the date of the official's assumption of office or one (1) year immediately preceding a regular election in the region.
Sec. 5. A public officer or employee shall, upon assumption to office and as often thereafter as may be required by national law, submit a declaration under oath of his assets, liabilities and net worth, to the chief of the office concerned.
In the case of the Cordillera Governor, the Cordillera Deputy Governor, the Members of the Cordillera Assembly and heads of offices, such declarations under oath shall be submitted to the Office of the Ombudsman and shall be published in two (2) newspapers of general circulation in the region.
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