Administrative Order No. 16




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 16, February 11, 1987 ] PROVIDING INSTRUCTIONS FOR OFFICIALS WHO ARE HOLDING POSITIONS IN THE GOVERNMENT OTHER THAN THEIR PRIMARY POSITIONS. In view of the provisions of Section 13, Article VII of the 1986 Constitution in conjunction with Sections 7 and 8 of Article IX (B), officials who are holding positions in the government other than their primary positions, are hereby authorized to continue to perform their duties in all such positions until guidelines are issued relative to said constitutional provision so as not to disrupt the operations of the office.1aшphi1 Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven. (Sgd.) CORAZON C. AQUINO President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) JOKER P. ARROYO Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation