MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Administrative Order No. 256, April 17, 1996 ]
CREATING A NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE YEARLY CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE FROM 1996 UP TO 1997
WHEREAS, 1996 and 1997 are the last two years before the commemoration of the centennial of the declaration of Philippine Independence;
WHEREAS, there is a need to properly coordinate all activities leading to the centennial celebration of the Philippine Independence.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, pursuant to the powers vested in me by law, do hereby create a National Committee to take charge of the yearly celebration of Philippine Independence every 12th of June starting 1996 up to 1997.
Section 1. The National Committee, which shall meet at the call of the Chairman, shall be composed of the following:
| Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports |
Chairman |
| Chairman, National Centennial Commission |
Co-Chairman |
| Secretary of Finance |
Co-Chairman |
| Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
Member |
| Secretary of Public Works and Highways |
Member |
| Secretary of Labor and Employment |
Member |
| Secretary of National Defense |
Member |
| Secretary of Trade and Industry |
Member |
| Secretary of Interior and Local Government |
Member |
| Secretary of Tourism |
Member |
| Secretary of Transportation and Communications |
Member |
| Secretary of Science and Technology |
Member |
| Secretary of Budget and Management |
Member |
| Press Secretary |
Member |
| Secretary of Agriculture |
Member |
| Director General, National Economic and Development Authority |
Member |
| Chairman, Government Service Insurance System |
Member |
| Administrator, Social Security System |
Member |
| Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines |
Member |
| Director-General, National Economic and Development Authority |
Member |
| Director-General, Philippine National Police |
Member |
| Head of the Presidential Management Staff |
Member |
| Chief, Protocol Office, Office of the President |
Member |
| Director-General, Philippine Information Agency |
Member |
| Chairman, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority |
Member |
| Executive Director, National Historical Institute |
Member |
| Executive Director, National Commission for Culture and the Arts |
Member |
| Executive Director, National Parks Development Committee |
Member |
| Eight (8) Private Sector Representatives who shall be appointed by the National Committee Chairman |
Member |
Section 2. To assist the National Committee, an Executive Committee is hereby created, the members of which shall be designated by the Chairman of the National Committee.
Section 3. The National Committee Chairman is hereby authorized to call upon any department, bureau, office or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations to extend all necessary assistance to the National and Executive Committees. These instrumentalities of the government are hereby authorized to allocate from their respective fund, any amount which they may deem necessary to ensure the successful yearly celebration of the Anniversary of Philippine Independence, subject to the usual accounting and auditing rules and regulations.1aшphi1
Section 4. An initial fund in the amount of SIX MILLION PESOS (P6,000,000.00) from the Presidents Contingent Fund shall be released for the 1996 celebration of Philippine Independence.
Section 5. This Administrative Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 17th day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.
(Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES
Executive Secretary
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