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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 793 April 26, 1982

AUTHORIZING THE INCREASE IN SALARIES OF METROPOLITAN MANILA COMMISSION OFFICIALS AND MAYORS/VICE MAYORS OF THE CITIES OF MANILA, QUEZON, PASAY AND CALOOCAN

WHEREAS, Executive Order Nos. 667 and 668 dated January 1, 1981 and March 19, 1981 authorized the increase in salaries of officials belonging to the Career Executive Service and other national government personnel, to enable them to cope with increased costs of living in these times of economic crises and inflation;

WHEREAS, the above policies were implemented in Metropolitan Manila under Executive Order Nos. 81-02 dated May 29, 1981;

WHEREAS, such increase in salaries, particularly the adjustment to CESO rates of salaries of city/municipal officials whose positions were equated to the Career Executive Service, have resulted in an undesirable situation where the superior officials receive equal or lower compensation than their subordinates;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby order:

Sec. 1. Maximum Salary Rate for the Governor/Chairman. The annual salary of the Metropolitan Manila Governor/Chairman shall be equated to that of a Cabinet Member: Provided, that it shall be automatically adjusted in accordance with any modification of the rate for Cabinet Members as may be subsequently approved.

Sec. 2. Maximum Salaries of Vice Governor/ Vice Chairman, Commissioners for Finance, Planning and Operations and City Mayor/Vice Mayors of Manila, Quezon, Pasay and Caloocan. The annual salaries of the Vice Governor/Vice Chairman, Commissioners for Finance, Planning and Operations and City Mayor/Vice Mayors of Manila, Quezon, Pasay and Caloocan shall be equated to those of the Career Executive Service in accordance with the schedule indicated below: Provided that the rates specified herein shall be automatically revised in accordance with any modification of the rates for Career Executive Service Officers as may be subsequently approved.

	Equivalent CES Rank and Grade
Vice Governor/Vice Chairman	I-2
Commissioners for Finance, Planning and Operations	I-1
City Mayors/Vice Mayors
Manila
Mayor	II-3
Vice Mayor	II-2
Quezon/Pasay/Caloocan
Mayor	III-4
Vice Mayor	III-3

Sec. 3. Funding. The amounts necessary to implement the salary increase of the above-mentioned officials shall be drawn from the salary savings or such other funds of the Metro Manila Commission or the city concerned as are not otherwise earmarked for specific purposes.

Sec. 3. Effectivity. The increase in salaries authorized in this Order shall be retroactive to January 1981.

Done in the City of Manila, this 26th day of April in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-two.

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