THE Supreme Court (SC) has annulled and voided an Executive Order (EO) issued by then-President and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo that gave Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairman Francisco Duque 3rd additional positions in various government-owned and -controlled corporations (GOCCs).

In a full court ruling penned by Associate Justice Lucas Bersamin, the tribunal partly granted the special civil action for certiorari and prohibition filed by Dennis A.B. Funa assailing Duque’s extra appointments as it held that EO 864 dated February 22, 2010 was turned down for being unconstitutional and violative of Sections 1 and 2, Article IX-A, of the 1987 Constitution.

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