Article IX

The following are true of Constitutional Commissions EXCEPT

• Appoint their officials and employees in accordance with law.
  
  

• Promulgate its own rules concerning pleadings and practice before it or before any of its offices.

• The appointments of the Chairman and the Commissioners are not subject to confirmation.

• The salary of the Chairman and the Commissioners shall be fixed by law and shall not be decreased during their tenure.

The civil service embraces all branches, subdivisions, instrumentalities, and agencies of the Government, INCLUDING government-owned or controlled corporations.

• True

• False

Appointments in the civil service shall be made only according to merit and fitness to be determined, as far as practicable, and, except as to positions which are policy-determining, ________________, or highly technical, by competitive examination.

Civil servants have the right to self-organize.

• True

• False

Pedro ran for Senator during the 2022 elections but lost. Can he be presently appointed to a government post?

• Yes

• No

According to law, "[t]he affairs of Metropolitan Manila shall be administered by the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority."

Can a Metro Manila mayor be concurrent Chair of the MMDA?

• Yes

• No

Which of the following is FALSE about the Commission on Elections?

• It has exclusive original jurisdiction over all contests relating to the elections, returns, and qualifications of all elective officials.

• It has appellate jurisdiction over all contests involving elective municipal officials decided by trial courts of general jurisdiction.

• It has to enforce and administer all laws and regulations relative to the conduct of an election, plebiscite, initiative, referendum, and recall.

• It can deputize, with the concurrence of the President, the Armed Forces of the Philippines for the exclusive purpose of ensuring free, orderly, honest, peaceful, and credible elections.

Which of the following is FALSE about the Commission on Elections?

• No pardon, amnesty, parole, or suspension of sentence for violation of election laws, rules, and regulations shall be granted by the President without the favorable recommendation of the Commission.

• The COMELEC may, during the election period, supervise or regulate the enjoyment or utilization of all franchises for the operation of media of communication or information.

• It can decide on all questions affecting elections, including the right to vote, the determination of the number and location of polling places, appointment of election officials and inspectors, and registration of voters

• It can register political parties, organizations, or coalitions which must present their platform or program of government.

Which of the following is FALSE about the Commission on Audit?

• It has the power, authority and duty to examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of, and expenditures or uses of funds and property, owned or held in trust by, or pertaining to, the Government, or any of its subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities.

• It has the power, authority and duty to examine, audit, and settle all accounts pertaining to the revenue and receipts of, and expenditures or uses of funds and property, owned or held in trust by, or pertaining to government-owned and controlled corporations.

• It can post-audit the Supreme Court.

• It can post-audit the University of the Philippines.

The Commission shall have EXCLUSIVE authority , subject to the limitations of Article IX, to define the scope of its audit and examination, establish the techniques and methods required therefor, and promulgate accounting and auditing rules and regulations, including those for the prevention and disallowance of irregular, unnecessary, excessive, extravagant, or unconscionable expenditures, or uses of government funds and properties.

• True

• False