Administrative Order No. 365




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 365, March 11, 1975 ] CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 33rd ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR WHEREAS, the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor are historic milestones in our nationhood; WHEREAS, it is deemed fitting and proper to commemorate these historic events with appropriate activities and/or ceremonies in order to impress our people as well as the rest of the world of the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during the epic struggle for freedom and democracy, and of the transcending significance of such struggle in our national objectives and aspirations: NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and create an Executive Committee to formulate plans and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities and/or ceremonies for the commemoration of the 33rd anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following: The Chief of Staff – Chairman Armed Forces of the Philippines The Administrator – Vice-Chairman Philippine Veterans Affairs Office The Governor – Member Province of Bataan The Governor – Member Province of Cavite The Director – Member Department of Tourism The Commanding General – Member Philippine Army The Flag Officer-in-Command – Member Philippine Navy The Officer-in-Charge – Member Office for Civil Relations The President – Member Veterans Federation of the Philippines The National Commander – Member Defenders of Bataan & Corregidor The Chief Civil Engineer – Member Infrastructure Programming and Execution Service Bureau of. Public Works The Acting Coordinator – Member/Secretary Military Memorials Div., PVAO The Committee is empowered to call upon any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government for such assistance as it may need, and to create such committee, sub-committee or staffs as may be necessary.£A⩊phi£ Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President Republic of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation