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Practice question: Freedom Period

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

Under the guidelines adopted by EO 97 (2025), may the PNP assist seminars intended to dissuade workers from supporting a specific union during the freedom period?
  1. No.
  2. Yes, if a seminar is called educational.
  3. Yes, whenever the employer prefers that union’s rival.
  4. Only the seminar venue matters.
  5. Yes, because police may select the bargaining agent.

Legal references

  • Executive Order 97, September 19, 2025, adopting annexed JMO 1 (2024), especially Part VI paragraph 8 and Part IX paragraph 11: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/5/100030
  • RA 9481, Section 12, inserting Article 258-A (now Article 271), employer as bystander: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2007/ra_9481_2007.html
  • PICOP Resources v. Taneca, G.R. No. 160828, August 9, 2010, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/54227

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