Practice question
Does constitutional civil-service coverage extend only to the executive branch?
- Yes, all other branches are excluded.
- Yes, unless the President consents.
- Yes, courts are private businesses.
- Yes, local offices are outside government.
- No; the text embraces all branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities, and agencies, including the specified government corporations.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article IX-B, section 2(1), https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- National Service Corporation v. NLRC, G.R. No. L-69870, November 29, 1988, civil-service coverage discussion, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1988/nov1988/gr_l-69870_1988.html
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