BSCP Elections-THE FACTS

I'd like to shed light on the newspaper releases stating Arturo Ilagan's arguments that the recent BSCP elections were not valid. 

On March 5, 2012, the Board of directors confirmed that Perry Mariano, Jaime Chongco and Christine Caparras are members of the BSCP and were in fact present during the oath-taking in front of POC Chairman Cojuanco.

Further to the confirmation of the three members, nine other members were nominated and accepted by the board based on their qualifications and involvement in the billiard industry. The nominated members are:

1.       Jesse Gonzales Cambosa

2.        Bernardo Pinol Jr.

3.       Francisco Bustamante

4.       Dennis Orcollo

5.       Rubilen Amit

6.       Iris Ranola

7.       Reynaldo Grandea

8.       Francisco dela Cruz

9.       Felimon de Leon.

Each one of the nominated members was notified and among all of them, only Francisco dela Cruz refused his nomination into the BSCP.  This brings the membership of the BSCP to 17.  Including the following:

1.       Aristeo Puyat

2.       Mahar Mangahas

3.       Efren Reyes

4.       Arturo Ilagan

5.       Robert Mananquil

6.       Ruben Roque

A petition was submitted to the Chairman from the general membership to call for a special meeting and hold elections in order to address the many issues currently plaguing the association. The letter was dated June 15, 2012 and was signed by 11 out of 17 members of the association. This is over 1/3 of the membership and based on section 2 of BSCP by-laws, this makes it a valid reason to call for a special meeting and elections.

Section 2: Special meetings- Special meetings of the members shall be called as the need thereof arises, by the Board of Trustees or the President or upon petition of 1/3 of the general membership.

Again, 11/17 members signed the petition which therefore makes the special meeting valid.  

After receiving the petition, all the members of the BSCP were given notices of the time and place of the special meeting more than 15 days prior to the date set. There are acknowledgement receipts from all the members including the LBC receipts for the notices sent to the three members who did not sign the petition namely:

1.       Arturo Ilagan Jr.

2.       Robert Mananquil

3.       Ruben Roque

The POC was also given notice of the said meeting and we hold a receiving copy.

In the special meeting held on July 9, 2012, a majority of the members were present. This makes the meeting valid and all decisions made during the meeting shall be deemed valid and official based on Section 4 of the BSCP by-laws which states that:

Section 4: Quorum- A quorum for any meeting of the members shall consist of a majority of the members and a majority of such quorum may decide any question at the meeting, except those matters where the corporation code requires the affirmative vote of a greater proportion.

In the said meeting, 13 out of 17 members were present making any decision made by a majority of those present during the meeting valid.

During said meeting, the members called for the removal of all officials currently serving and for new elections to take place.

 The following members were elected into the board of directors:

1. Mahar Mangahas
2. Perry Mariano
3. Aristeo Puyat
4. Christine Caparras
5. Jimmy Chongco
6. Bernard Piñol Jr.

The newly elected board members then proceeded to elect a set of officers in order to avoid further delays in dealing with urgent matters. The new set of officers were elected as follows:

Chairman: Bernard Piñol Jr.

President: Aristeo G. Puyat

Treasurer: Mahar MAngahas

Secretary General (National): Perry Mariano

Secretarty General (International):  Christine Caparras

Therefore, all arguments raised by Arturo Ilagan stating that the elections were illegal are false. The elections followed every rule in the BSCP by-laws and are therefore valid.