TO:	The National Intelligence and Security Authority The Criminal Investigation Service The National Bureau of Investigation The Office of the Chief State Prosecutor All Concerned

WHEREAS, the Office of the OMBUDSMAN to be known as TANODBAYAN, created under Presidential Decree No. 1487, is empowered to receive complaints from any person against any administrative agency, public official or employee for the purpose of determining their culpability;

WHEREAS, the TANODBAYAN is authorized to avail of the assistance of any government agency in the performance of its functions;

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


Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of December, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.