Practice question
A mayor creates a personnel selection board and declares it will replace the legally competent appointing authority in every appointment. The board was established under Section 80 alone. Which is best?
- The statutory board assists judicious and objective selection; its creation does not itself transfer every appointing power
- The board automatically appoints every public officer nationwide
- The board can waive every eligibility rule
- The board abolishes the sanggunian
- The board’s existence makes merit irrelevant
Legal references
- RA 7160: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html; Sections 79-80.
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