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Practice question: Eligibility and Qualification Requirements

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A position is genuinely policy-determining within Article IX-B, Section 2(2)’s examination exception. An adviser says this makes every constitutional or statutory qualification irrelevant. Which is correct?
  1. An examination exception abolishes citizenship and every other rule.
  2. Any favored position may be labeled policy-determining without inquiry.
  3. The exception concerns the competitive-examination method, not a blanket waiver of all applicable qualifications and law.
  4. Only foreign law remains relevant.
  5. The exception converts every office into private property.

Legal references

  • 1987 Constitution: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/3/353 Article IX-B, Section 2(2).

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