Practice question
Soldiers assist a lawful joint patrol. Police officers direct the deployment and no soldier is appointed or enlisted into the PNP. An objection claims that military assistance necessarily appoints every assisting soldier to a civilian office. Under IBP, what is correct?
- Assistance under the described arrangement does not itself establish appointment to a civilian position
- Every patrol assignment changes the soldier’s public office automatically
- The police become an army unit automatically
- No military assistance to civilian authorities can ever be lawful
- The objection is resolved solely by the soldiers’ uniforms
Legal references
- IBP v. Zamora, G.R. No. 141284, August 15, 2000, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/36338
- 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353; Article XVI, Section 5(4).
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