MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
[ Memorandum Order No. 120, April 19, 1993 ]
CONSTITUTING AN AD-HOC FACT FINDING COMMITTEE FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF ALL THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCE SURROUNDING THE REPORTED ANOMALIES IN THE NATIONAL PRINTING OFFICE AND THE COMPLAINTS OF THE NATIONAL PRINTING OFFICE WORKERS’ ASSOCIATION
There is hereby constituted a FACT FINDING COMMITTEE to conduct an investigation of all the facts and circumstances surrounding the reported anomalies in the National Printing Office and the complaints of the National Printing Office Workers’ Association.1aшphi1
The Committee shall be composed of representatives from the following offices:
| Chairman |
Office of the Press Secretary |
| Members |
(a Office of Chief Presidential Legal Counsel |
|
Assistant Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs |
The Committee is hereby authorized to summon witnesses, administer oaths, or take testimony or evidence relevant to the investigation by subpoena ad testificandum and subpoena duces tecum, and to do such other acts necessary and incidental to its mandate.
The Committee is also 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, in the performance of its duties and discharge of its functions.
The Office of the President shall establish a Special Secretariat for the technical and staff support of the Committee. For this purpose, the Executive Secretary is hereby authorized to detail any personnel from any government office to assist the Committee.
The Committee is hereby authorized to deputize any law enforcing agency to assist in the performance of its functions.
The departments, bureaus, offices, agencies or instrumentalities including government-owned or controlled corporations are hereby directed to extend such assistance and cooperation as the Committee may need in the discharge of its functions.
The Committee shall evaluate all the facts and circumstances of the case and submit its findings and recommendations to the President of the Republic of the Philippines within thirty (30) days from the date of this Order.
This Memorandum Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 19th day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three.
By authority of the President:
(Sgd.) ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Chief Presidential Legal Counsel
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