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due process are satisfactorily complied with because what the law abhors is an absolute lack of opportunity to be heard. Also, Pichay is
a presidential appointee occupying the high-level position of Chairman of the LWUA. Necessarily, he comes under the disciplinary
jurisdiction of the President, who is well within his right to order an investigation into matters that require his informed decision.
There are substantial distinctions that set apart presidential appointees occupying upper-level positions in government from
non-presidential appointees and those that occupy the lower positions in government.