Practice question
A President appoints a qualified person to a permanent career executive post and later dismisses that person solely for refusing to join the President's political party. The President is the competent disciplining authority, but there is no legal cause or opportunity to answer. Assess the claim that the original appointment permits unrestricted removal.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, Section 2(3), civil-service protection against suspension or removal without legal cause: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353
- Executive Order No. 292, Administrative Code of 1987, Book V, Title I, Subtitle A, Chapter 7, Section 46(a), legal cause and due process: https://lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1987/eo_292_1987.html
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