WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6658 "An Act Creating the Cordillera Regional Consultative Commission, Prescribing its Powers, Functions and Duties, Providing Funds Therefor, and For Other Purposes", provides that the President shall designate the person who shall take charge of all arrangements for the convening of the said Regional Consultative Commission;

WHEREAS, the same law states that the Commission shall be convened by authority of the President within fifteen (15) days after the approval of the Act in the City of Baguio at 10:00 o'clock in the morning, or on such other date or place as may be fixed by the President;

WHEREAS, the law further provides that the President or her duly authorized representative shall preside at its opening session until a presiding officer is elected by the Commission;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers conferred upon me by law do hereby order:

SECTION 1. The Presidential Management Staff, Office of the President, is designated to take charge of all arrangements for the convening of the Cordillera Regional Consultative Commission.

SECTION 2. Undersecretary Ramon K. Katigbak of the Department of Finance is duly authorized to be the representative of the President to convene the Commission and to preside at its opening session until a presiding officer is elected by the Commission.

SECTION 3. The opening session of the Commission shall be held in the City of Baguio on July 23, 1988 at 10:00 o'clock in the morning.

SECTION 4. The Secretary of Budget and Management is directed to release to the Cordillera Regional Consultative Commission, as soon as it convene, such funds as are necessary for its operations.

SECTION 5. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 20th day of July in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.


By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary