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Practice question: After Separation from Public Office (RA 6713, Sec. 7(b), last par.)

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Practice question

Seven months after retirement, a former officer recommends a friend for a job in an enterprise with a pending official transaction before the former office. Is the fact that the friend, not the officer, seeks the job enough to avoid subparagraph (3)?
  1. Yes, recommendations are covered only when the officer hires himself.
  2. Yes, friendship always is an express legal exception.
  3. Yes, no pending transaction matters after retirement.
  4. Yes, the one-year continuation applies only to litigation.
  5. No.

Legal references

  • RA 6713, Section 7(b)(1)-(3) and its final paragraph: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6713_1989.html

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