Administrative Order No. 400




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 400, March 01, 1977 ] CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FALL OF BATAAN AND THE FALL OF CORREGIDOR WHEREAS, the Fall of Baaan 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 development 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 35th anniversary of the Fall of Bataan and the Fall of Corregidor. The Committee shall be composed of the following: The Undersecretary for Civilian Relations - Chairman Department of National Defense The Undersecretary for Tourism - Co-Chairman Department of Tourism The Chief of Staff - Vice-Chairman Armed Forces of the Philippines The President, Philippine Veterans Bank - Member The Administrator of Veterans Affairs, PVAO - Member The Executive Vice-President, VFP - Member The Assistance Secretary, DLGCD - Member The Deputy Commissioner of the Budget - Member The Chairman, National Historical Institute - Member The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs, DND - Member The Director General of Protocol, DFA - Member The Director, National Media Production Center - Member The Director of Public Works, DPWC - Member The Director, Bureau of Special Services, DOT - Member The National Commander - Member Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor The Chief, Office for Civil Relation, AFP - Member The Acting Coordinator - Member/Secretary Military Division, 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. Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of March in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.£A⩊phi£ (Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA Presidential Assistant The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation