Administrative Order No. 371




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 371, November 13, 1975 ] CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE COGNIZANCE OF PETITIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION OF GRADUATES OF THE CAREER EXECUTIVE SERVICE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY OF THE PHILIPPINES WHEREAS, some graduates of the Career Executive Service Development Program, Development Academy of the Philippines, have been removed from the service during the recent drive to weed out undesirables and misfits in the government service; WHEREAS, the government has spent considerable amount of public funds for the training of these officials in pursuance of the career service program of the government; and WHEREAS, it is but proper to look into the reasons why these officials have been removed from the service after they have been trained for career executive positions in the National Government; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a special committee to take cognizance of petitions for reconsideration of graduates of the Career Executive Service Development Program whose resignations were accepted or otherwise removed from office as of September 19, 1975: Section 1. The Committee shall be composed of the following: Nicanor Fuentes – Chairman NEDA Deputy Director-General Ramon Casanova – Member Director of Lands Filemon Fernandez – Member Civil Service Executive Director Section 2. The Committee shall review all cases of the above-mentioned officials and shall receive evidences on the cause or causes of their dismissal. Section 3. All petitions for reconsideration shall be filed at the Offices of the Career Executive Service Board located at the RFC Building, Gamboa St., corner Salcedo St., Legaspi Village, Makati, Rizal, and all such petitions filed with the Committee created under Administrative Order No. 370 dated October 24, 1975, or with any office shall be forwarded to the Career Executive Service Board for resolution by the committee herein created. Section 4. The Committee shall have the power to administer oath, take testimony and issue subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and may avail of the assistance of any department, bureau, office, or instrumentality of the government in the performance of its function. Section 5. The Committee shall submit its findings and recommendation to the President of the Philippines as soon as possible.£A⩊phi£ Section 6. This Order shall take effect immediately. Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of November, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five. (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation