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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 378, December 28, 1975 ]

ORDERING THE REINSTATEMENT WITH PROPER PENALTY OF CERTAIN OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES DISMISSED FROM THE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1975

WHEREAS, on September 19, 1975, some 2,000 officials and employees in the government were ordered dismissed from the service;

WHEREAS, errors were committed in the assessment and evaluation of some of the cases of said officials and employees, resulting in their dismissal;

WHEREAS, to correct such errors, Administrative Order No. 370 dated October 24, 1975 was issued, creating a Committee to take cognizance of petitions for reconsideration of dismissed officials and employees and to conduct a review of all the cases of these officials and employees;

WHEREAS, upon a careful review of the cases of the dismissed officials and employees and an evaluation of the evidence in support of their dismissal, the Committee has recommended a number of officials and employees who deserve to be meted out penalties less than outright dismissal.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order the immediate reinstatement of the 89 officials and employees whose names appear in the attached list; Provided, however, that during the period from September 19, 1975 up to the date of their reinstatement in accordance with this Order, these officials and employees shall be considered under suspension.£A⩊phi£

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE
Presidential Executive Assistant

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