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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 184, April 10, 1995 ]

CREATING A SPECIAL COMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENTIAL FACT-FINDING AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION ON THE PROTECTION OF OVERSEAS FILIPINOS (GANCAYCO COMMISSION) AGAINST CERTAIN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT, IN CONNECTION WITH THE DELIA MAGA-FLOR CONTEMPLACION CASE

Section 1. A Special Investigating Committee is hereby created to investigate the administrative charges for negligence, inefficiency and incompetence in violation of Sections 46 b(3) and (8), Book V of Executive Order No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987 and Section 4(c) and (e) and 5(a) of Republic Act No. 6713, entitled “Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees,” pursuant to the recommendation of the Presidential Fact-Finding and Policy Advisory Commission on the Protection of Overseas Filipinos, against the following:

1. AMBASSADOR ALICIA RAMOS

2. CONSUL GENERAL ELIZABETH BUENSUCESO

3. CONSUL REYNALDO CATAPANG

4. LABOR ATTACHE JOSE BUSTALINO

5. LABOR ATTACHE ABRAHAM MALLI

6. LABOR ASSISTANT AURORA NAVARRO

7. WELFARE OFFICER ANNIE ISRAEL

8. WELFARE OFFICER JOSEPHINE SANCHEZ

Section 2. The investigating committee shall be composed of:

USEC PRESBITERO VELASCO – Chairman

DIR. VICENTE A. GALANG – Member

CSP NILO MARIANO – Member

SP CARIDAD M. JUNIO – Member

DIR. GREGORIO L. MANALIGOD, JR. – Member

DIR. EDMUND DANTE E. JANDA – Member

Section 3. The Committee is hereby granted all the powers and prerogatives of an investigating committee under the Administrative Code of 1987, including the power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, and take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation by subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces tecum.

Section 4. In the performance of its duties and functions, the Committee is hereby empowered to call upon and secure the assistance of any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, or any of its officials or employees.

Section 5. The Committee shall be assisted by a Secretariat that shall provide administrative and technical support.£A⩊phi£

Section 6. Expenses of the Committee shall be charged to the regular budget of the Office of the President.

Section 7. The Committee shall conduct the investigation in the most expeditious manner, terminate the same and submit its report and recommendation to the President, through the Executive Secretary, on or before April 30, 1995.

DONE in the City of Manila, Philippines, this 10th day of April, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and ninety-five.

(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR.
Executive Secretary

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