EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 261 July 25, 1987
DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO PREPARE A NEW POSITION AND COMPENSATION PLAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, THE OFFICE OF THE SOLICITOR GENERAL, AND THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNMENT CORPORATE COUNSEL, PROVIDING FUNDS FOR SUCH NEW POSITION AND COMPENSATION PLAN, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do hereby order:
Sec. 1. The Department of Budget and Management is hereby authorized to provide for a new position and compensation plan for the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, taking into account the qualifications required for the positions therein: Provided, That this be accomplished within the existing appropriations of the Department and the Offices; Provided, further, That the constitutional provision on standardization of salaries be followed; and Provided, finally, That the new position and compensation plan be subject to the approval of the President.
Sec. 2. Funds necessary for the implementation of the new position and compensation plan for the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel shall be taken from the appropriations of the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, respectively, and salary savings and lapses of that Department or Offices. Thereafter, the appropriations shall be provided for in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 3. Pending the issuance of the new position and compensation plan for the Department of Justice, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Office of the Government Corporate Counsel, the present position and compensation plan for the said Department and Offices as provided for by law shall remain in force and effect.
Sec. 4. All laws, orders, issuances, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 25th day of July, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-seven.
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