MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 492, April 19, 1985 ]

CREATING AN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMEMORATIVE ACTIVITIES FOR THE ARAW NG KAGITINGAN CELEBRATION

WHEREAS, Letter of Instruction No. 1087 declared May 6, every year as Araw ng Kagitingan to enable the Filipino people to reminisce the heroic deeds of our brave and illustrious Filipinos; and

WHEREAS, it is fitting and proper to commemorate this heroism of our people with appropriate activities to impress upon our citizenry the valor and sacrifices of those who fought and died during our struggle for freedom and democracy;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E, MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby constitute and created an Executive Committee to formulate and devise ways and means for the successful execution of appropriate activities for the commemoration of Araw ng Kagitingan. The Committee shall be composed of the following:

The Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Chairman
The Deputy Minister
Ministry of Tourism
Co-Chairman
The Deputy Chief of Staff
Armed Forces of the Philippines
Vice-Chairman
The Assistant Minister for Planning and Design
Ministry of Public Works and Highways
Member
The Administrator
Philippine Veterans Affairs Office
Member
The Chairman
National Historical Institute
Member
The General Manager
Philippine Tourism Authority
Member
The Special Assistant on Veterans Affairs
Ministry of National Defense
Member
The Director
Bureau of Local Government Supervision
Ministry of Local Government

Member
The President
Veterans Federation of the Philippines
Member
The National Commander
Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor
Member
The Director
National Media Production Center
Member
The Commanding General
Philippine Army
Member
The Chief PC/Director General, INP
Philippine Constabulary
Member
The Commanding General
Philippine Air Force
Member
The Flag-Officer-In-Command
Philippine Navy
Member
The Commanding General
Presidential Security Command
Member
The Commanding General
Civil Relations Service, AFP
Member
The National Commander
AFP National Reservists Associations, Inc.
Member
The Chief
Military Shrines Service, PVAO
Member/Secretary

The Committee is hereby authorized to call upon any ministry, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the Government for such assistance as it may need in the discharge of its duties and functions.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.£A⩊phi£

Done in the City of Manila this 19th day of April in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. TUVERA
Presidential Executive Assistant


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