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(a)Identify the controlling rule on termination of official relation of appointive public officers in the Philippines and the due-process requirements for removal for cause. (b) Apply to the facts: A Municipal Mayor terminates the Municipal Engineer after 5 months in a 5-year term, via a written order citing alleged incompetence in project supervision. The order directs the Engineer to cease performing duties immediately and provides no prior notice, charges, or opportunity to be heard. The Engineer challenges the termination as void for lack of due process. Is the Mayor’s order valid? Explain. (c) What is the effect on the Engineer’s acts performed after the order and on contracts entered into in the Engineer’s name during this interim period if the order were invalid for lack of due process? State the likely remedy if due process was violated.