Practice question
Two government-owned corporations operate similar services. Corporation A was created directly by special statute. Corporation B was incorporated under general corporation law and later acquired by A; it never received an original charter. A personnel officer says identical services require identical civil-service coverage, regardless of legal origin. Which assessment is correct?
- Service similarity overrides constitutional text.
- Both must be private merely because they charge fees.
- Neither can be government-owned.
- Only the number of employees matters.
- Their legal origins materially distinguish the constitutional analysis; similar services do not erase the original-charter requirement.
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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