Practice question
A permanent career employee is dismissed solely because a new supervisor wants a political ally in the same unchanged position. No lawful cause or valid procedure is shown. Which principle is directly implicated?
- Security of tenure and the requirement of a cause provided by law.
- A rule allowing unlimited replacement after every leadership change.
- A right of supervisors to own career positions.
- Automatic termination whenever supervisors change.
- A duty to appoint every political supporter.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, section 2(3), https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic Act No. 6656, sections 1–2, https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1988/ra_6656_1988.html
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