Practice question
A Cabinet member’s required ex officio board service is part of the primary functions of her office and is validly provided by law. She requests an extra payment called a “meeting appreciation allowance.” Under Civil Liberties Union, is changing the payment’s label sufficient to justify it?
- No; required ex officio duties are already compensated by the principal office, and a new label does not authorize extra compensation.
- Yes; all allowances escape the no-additional-compensation condition.
- Yes; the board may repeal constitutional limits by renaming a fee.
- Yes; every board meeting creates a new independent salary entitlement.
- No, because required ex officio service is always itself prohibited.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article VII, Sections 6 and 13: https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Civil Liberties Union v. Executive Secretary, G.R. Nos. 83896 and 83815, February 22, 1991, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1991/feb1991/gr_83896_1991.html
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