Title
Prohibition of Nepotism in Government Appointments
Law
Executive Order No. 111
Decision Date
Oct 1, 1964
Executive Order No. 111 prohibits and restricts nepotism in the Philippine government, promoting fairness and professionalism by ensuring appointments are based on merit rather than familial relationships.

Questions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 111)

It aims to prohibit and restrict nepotism in government appointments to ensure efficient administration and improve morale in the public service.

All appointments in national, provincial, municipal governments and any branch or instrumentality, whether classified or unclassified service, made in favor of (1) a relative of the appointing authority or (2) a relative of the person exercising immediate supervision over the appointing authority.

No. It expressly covers both classified and unclassified service.

Those related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity.

No other member of such family shall be eligible for appointment to any position in that same office or bureau.

No. The rule triggers based on the presence of two or more family members already in the same office or bureau, regardless of relationship to the appointing authority.

Persons employed in a confidential capacity, teachers, physicians, or members of the Army.

There is a condition: in each particular instance, a full report of the appointment of an exempted person must be made to the President.

They shall be corrected by transfer; pending such transfer, no promotion shall be allowed for the relative in a subordinate position or for anyone of the members of the same family in a bureau or office.

No promotion may be allowed in favor of the relative occupying a subordinate position, or in favor of anyone of the members of the same family in the same bureau or office.

Yes. In exceptional cases where applying the rule would impair the efficiency of the service or produce a patent injustice, an appointment or promotion may be made with the approval of the Commissioner of Civil Service.

It prohibits appointments of relatives not only of the appointing authority but also of persons exercising immediate supervision over the appointing authority.

Appointments in national, provincial, and municipal governments, and in any branch and instrumentality thereof.

It restricts promotions pending correction of past improper appointments and limits promotion involving relatives or family members within the same bureau or office.

The Commissioner of Civil Service must approve the appointment or promotion in exceptional cases involving efficiency or patent injustice.


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